Example sentences of "want [to-vb] him about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had yearned for a glimpse of him , and had wanted to tell him about Lovat herself , to make sure that he understood her reasons . |
| 2 | There was so much she wanted to ask him about Ven , she discovered . |
| 3 | Indeed , she would have liked to tell him about her father who was called Nigger Everard at school and spurned in his own family because his mother had been Creole ; she wanted to tell him about Feeny whom she loved ; how she herself was a musty , could n't he see it ? |
| 4 | Did n't he realize how much she wanted to tell him about Aunt Emily 's magical generosity and her own longing to have done more for her while she lived — ? |
| 5 | It was particularly annoying because she wanted to tell him about Henry 's suggestion . |