Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] about the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 2 | She told me about the Sheikhas of Al Ain , which were good and which were not truly hospitable or kind . |
| 3 | When I told him about the Whitehorse Cinema manager offering him $500. to fly up to open the new building , he laughed loud and long . |
| 4 | But then she remembered Matthew 's smiling face when she told him about the Avery prize . |
| 5 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 6 | I do n't know how much Oliver 's told you about the Shakespeare School , but take it from me that place is tacky : how it got its registered status I shudder to think . |
| 7 | He could n't bring himself to believe what Ace had told him about the TARDIS 's ability to move . |
| 8 | He first acquired a great deal of Gilbert and Sullivan , because his father was keen on the Savoy operas , but eventually John turned to ballet music because of the tales his parents had told him about the Diaghilev Ballet . |
| 9 | He could have told her about the IRA kidnapping him , but that would have alarmed her and the whole household . |
| 10 | Mr. Wilson : As the Minister reiterates his enthusiasm for bids that give workers a substantial say , does he consider that there is any conflict between that and what he has told us about the SDA investing £500,000 to ensure that such bids do not succeed ? |
| 11 | ‘ Tell me about the Butcher . ’ |
| 12 | Tell me about the Brighton Festival Chorus itself . |
| 13 | Can you tell me about the Garland relatives Thomas 's side of the family ? ’ |
| 14 | And you can tell me about the Pitts . ’ |
| 15 | Let me tell you about the Barking women most of them are dead , some of them are working for local authority . |
| 16 | I 'll tell you about the Mary Chain tomorrow . |
| 17 | The Captain was saying to the Sub-lieutenant , ‘ I want to know everything she can tell us about the Maxwell girl , family , friends , habits , etcetera — everything . |
| 18 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
| 19 | She found herself telling him about the Vermeer she had been painstakingly copying , and then with a shudder of its destruction . |
| 20 | Days later I realised he was trying to tell me about the Brighton bombing ; it had occurred the same morning . |
| 21 | To explain why that aspect interested me particularly I have to tell you about the Butcher . |
| 22 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 23 | And er they happen came along er to tell us about the Aberystwyth trip we went off to Aberystwyth the students gave us a party and he said , Oh I like your meetings I wish I could come here more often . |