Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spoke to Princesse Mathilde and asked her about the school Violette went to in Switzerland . |
| 2 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 3 | A German interested in the project was visiting Cirencester and saw our trees and asked us about the clippings . |
| 4 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 5 | She grimaced and told me about the school playground and how her clothes were wrong . |
| 6 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 7 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 8 | Princess Marie Louise went to the Queen and told her about the scheme . |
| 9 | She phoned Kate and told her about the funeral and the goat clinic and Kate laughed and said , poor old thing . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're right , ’ her brother grinned , and told her about the gymnasium . |
| 11 | Then they talked about ‘ red-petticoat day ’ , and the children showed Mother their watches and told her about the people at the station . |
| 12 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 13 | I telephoned him at home immediately and told him about the fatigue failure , adding my recommendation that he should order the examination of all UK registered Boeing 707/300 stabilisers for signs of similar failure at the earliest opportunity . |
| 14 | So I got up early and went to the judge 's house and told him about the monster . |
| 15 | She explained the need for absolute cleanliness , showed him where he could wash , and told him about the masks and gowns . |
| 16 | Sensing it , she changed the subject and told him about the Tissot exhibition . |
| 17 | Fiver came into the warren and told us about the snare , and that poor Bigwig — " |
| 18 | ‘ The bit I liked best , ’ says Phil , ‘ was when you prodded the pig and told it about the unfairness of micro-organisms . |
| 19 | And our other project will probably be in Malaysia , where we 're hoping to be able to fund lawyers to go and visit the indigenous tribes , and educate them about the Malaysian process of law , because at the moment I 'm sure you 'll know that various indigenous people have been blockading the logging roads that go on to their demarcated territory . |
| 20 | The Rangers will help the area and visitors by advising , guiding and informing them about the Hills and the many interests to be seen and enjoyed . |
| 21 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
| 22 | You come down here and tell me about the time you went to the Abacos . ’ |
| 23 | And tell me about the lady who did abortions , erm , did you know very much about what sort of people they were ? |
| 24 | Will the Minister take time in the next week , as a matter of urgency , to meet the Israeli ambassador and tell him about the feeling in the country generally that the Israeli Government are literally getting away with murder ? |
| 25 | If I have n't made any headway by Tuesday morning , I 'll go to the police and tell them about the plate . |
| 26 | Could you take her round the factory and tell her about the work ? ’ |
| 27 | And tell us about the children , how old are they ? |
| 28 | Just wanted to say hi , and tell you about the message . ’ |
| 29 | The flagship of the British labour movement , nothing less , that 's the vision , that 's what we want to try and create and that 's what we want to come back to you and tell you about the prospects next year . |
| 30 | Brown was found guilty after trial of assaulting Mr Kelly , 23 , by punching and kicking him about the head and body , seizing hold of him , stabbing him on the body with a knife and to the danger of his life . |