Example sentences of "[noun sg] told [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 3 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 4 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 5 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 6 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 7 | I could n't get it out of them who had paid for her , but old Alex the cleaner told me on the side : Boswell , Slim Boswell . ’ |
| 8 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 9 | I think my husband told you on the phone that buying the house over here was my idea . |
| 10 | The African told him of the anger in the hearts of his generation . |
| 11 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 12 | During a recent visit to an old people 's home , the officer in charge told me of the efforts she had to make to prevent the local children from taunting and mocking the residents-often through the windows . |
| 13 | The old man listened as the general told him about the incident at Pulkovo Airport . |
| 14 | The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer . |
| 15 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 16 | The night watchman told me about the incident in the morning . |
| 17 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 18 | George Cripps 's son wrote to the Yorkshire Post in October 1979 : ‘ The remarks of Mr J. McKenna make me smile when I remember some of the things which my father told me about the machinations by various members of the then Football League , which have certainly led me to believe that they were not so simon pure as the image they presented to the public . ’ |
| 19 | My father told me about the Hound of the Baskervilles . |
| 20 | He learned the truth about the cuttings , closing his eyes when he thought of her sitting in the attic , her long day done , painstakingly writing for O'Connor the articles whose brilliance and feeling told him of the intellect which lay behind her beautiful face and emphasised again what he had thrown away . |
| 21 | The man told me on the telly that is the best so |
| 22 | Unprompted , a farm labourer told him of the tradition of an old track precisely on the line where he had surmised the ley to be . |
| 23 | Bite One : ‘ The Secretary of State told us about the silver lining — he told us nothing about the dark clouds on the horizon . ’ |
| 24 | The speaker told us about the role of the health visitor and how it was a separate profession to nursing . |
| 25 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 26 | Finn told him about the murders of the tramp and the taxi driver . |
| 27 | The doctor at the hospital told me about the pill , but said you have to take them regularly and if you forget even once , then you 'll get pregnant . |
| 28 | Doreen 's letter told us about the mysterious sickness . |
| 29 | TV told me about the victim of child molestation who claimed , ‘ I owe my analyst my life ’ . |
| 30 | My mother told me about the famous people who lived in them . |