Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You told them about the tubes in my daughter 's bag … |
| 2 | He told them about the oranges and bananas that grow in Aula and the quantities of milk and curd , and then about the monkeys that hop around and eat the crops . |
| 3 | As they travelled west , along the same route that the young cadet had come , they met travellers who told them of the horrors of the revolution . |
| 4 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 5 | She told them of the hardships suffered by our men . |
| 6 | During a recent visit to an old people 's home , the officer in charge told me of the efforts she had to make to prevent the local children from taunting and mocking the residents-often through the windows . |
| 7 | When you told me about the horoscopes , did n't I tell you I wanted to help ? |
| 8 | It was he who told me about the injuries the King received . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
| 10 | George Cripps 's son wrote to the Yorkshire Post in October 1979 : ‘ The remarks of Mr J. McKenna make me smile when I remember some of the things which my father told me about the machinations by various members of the then Football League , which have certainly led me to believe that they were not so simon pure as the image they presented to the public . ’ |
| 11 | I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins . |
| 12 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 13 | Remember that thing I told you about the bones the other night ? |
| 14 | I told you about the pains , ’ — she is holding her stomach — ‘ and the thing I ca n't bear is this week the children have them too . ’ |
| 15 | Who told you about the blood-groups ? ’ |
| 16 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 17 | The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . |
| 18 | Athelstan told him of the visits to the death house and the gibbet . |
| 19 | When Vivien appeared on the set badly made-up , with her wig perched ridiculously high on her head and refusing to alter a single thing , Asher reluctantly called Olivier and told him of the problems . |
| 20 | The police told him of the allegations from three children , but were , in his words , ‘ fairly vague ’ about the questioning . |
| 21 | Unable to hold his excitement , Clark telephoned Professor Frank Cox of King 's College London and told him of the results . |
| 22 | Strange , I never told him about the horrors of Maubisson . ) |
| 23 | ‘ Gog sent us to prison because we told him about the holes in the AOL . ’ |
| 24 | She told him about the notes , the broken glass and spilled wine that had shaken her so much at the time . |
| 25 | She explained the need for absolute cleanliness , showed him where he could wash , and told him about the masks and gowns . |
| 26 | I told him about the frogs and all he could think of was socks ! ’ |
| 27 | Grimma , in between sobs , told him about the frogs . |
| 28 | I told him about the sunsets , when the Jungfrau had turned pink and I was the only person on the Aletsch . |
| 29 | She told him about the anti-blood-sports campaigner . |
| 30 | Finn told him about the murders of the tramp and the taxi driver . |