Example sentences of "[vb past] to tell [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 2 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 3 | ‘ He came to tell us about the arrangements , it was n't very well organised |
| 4 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
| 5 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 6 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 7 | Yes , and I remember the tanks moving down Whitehall ; or at any rate I remember the picture I had of them in my head as Tilly Tilling , in the middle of a history class , suddenly began to tell us about the military putsch that was coming . |
| 8 | She thought for a moment , then decided to tell him of the little house in Washington where she and Mama had lived before Mama married Papa — She wondered briefly what Dr Neil would have made of that story . |
| 9 | The agency provided funds for a specifically approved line of research only , so Jones now decided to tell them of the new ideas . |
| 10 | Next morning Mr Jarvis rang to tell them of the pleasure he and his daughter with her little friend had had when releasing the squirrel . |
| 11 | He weighed up what he needed to tell her about the shapechangers and theft of the nuclear device . |
| 12 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 13 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 14 | The College wrote to tell me of the embarrassing reply of my referee , and my supervisor got on to Bondi and refreshed his memory . |
| 15 | The NVA representative who wrote to tell her of the decision explained that although he must have ‘ seemed unsympathetic in the past ’ , it had been for her own good . |
| 16 | Then I had to tell her about the visit — about most of it — from Sergia and her cohorts . |
| 17 | And then we had to tell her in the end ! |
| 18 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |
| 19 | He came back from London and someone had to tell him at the station . |
| 20 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He wanted to tell me about the lion hunt Claudia organized . |
| 22 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |