Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then at a remote place on the bank of the River Swale he first sexually assaulted her and when she fought back he battered her about the head with a rock or rocks from the bank until he thought she was dead . ’ |
| 2 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 3 | Will he reassure me about the future of those patients who , until now , have been in the rheumatology unit of Ruchill hospital ? |
| 4 | He asked her about the place so much like the valley , the place where she 'd been born . |
| 5 | When he told her about the children at Dovercourt she and a friend went along to help in teaching English . |
| 6 | He told her about the woman with the flute . |
| 7 | He told her about the fairies who lived in the holes on the river bank , and how Billy was half leprechaun . |
| 8 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He told them about the journey down , the woman in black , the taxi-driver . |
| 11 | He told them about the Thing , and space , and the Ship in the sky . |
| 12 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 13 | Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter . |
| 14 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 15 | He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness . |
| 16 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 17 | He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him . |
| 18 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 19 | He told me about the cross . |
| 20 | Because he he told me about the chap who was his agent . |
| 21 | I suppose I should be grateful he told me about the call at all , but he had to really , did n't he ? |
| 22 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 23 | I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , he told me about the necessity of recasting . |
| 25 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 26 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
| 27 | ‘ He told me about the importance of eating and drinking on the course to maintain my energy level and to keep on the same emotional level throughout a round . ’ |
| 28 | like that , and he said it was ever so funny , he took fifty up there because , I bet he told you about the money betting and all that and he 's said he bet fifty pound , he thought christ he said , I was bloody lucky he said I , I had the , I said well David . |
| 29 | He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) . |
| 30 | He told us about the open-top Leyland ‘ Queen Mary ’ PD3 double-decker bus ( service 769 ) which runs from Perrymount Road , Hayward 's Heath to Sheffield Park station . |