Example sentences of "tell me [det] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was recovering , Hannah , the housekeeper , came to sit with me , and told me all about the family . |
| 2 | He told me all about the background to the picture , what Rembrandt probably felt like at that time , what he was trying to say , how he said it . |
| 3 | ‘ My dad told me all about the strings and stuff . ’ |
| 4 | My doctor told me all about the pill before he prescribed it . |
| 5 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
| 6 | She 's told me all about the walls . |
| 7 | Tell me all about the man in your taxi this morning . |
| 8 | Sort of , let's think , er , tell me more about the units themselves . |
| 9 | Do come and tell me all about the latest fashions in London . ’ |
| 10 | I expect she 'll tell me all about the new job then . |
| 11 | I though we 'd sit on her step , like we always did , and share out the Cadbury 's , and I 'd tell her about our school and she 'd tell me all about the nuns and everything , but when she opened the door she just stood there , all clean and different in her stiff long uniform still , and said , " I ca n't possibly play out tonight . |
| 12 | Now , ’ he added , rising to his feet and taking the plate from her hand , ‘ it 's a beautiful moonlit night — so why do n't we take a walk in the garden , and you can tell me all about the history of your old family home ? ’ |
| 13 | he 's ever so posh , and we 're chatting away telling me all about pension , telling me all about the pension and that you see so I said to him would you like a tea ? |