Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Emma told you about that . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Edward told you about that ? ’ |
| 33 | ‘ He told you about that ? ’ |
| 34 | ‘ He told you about that ? |
| 35 | ‘ I told you about that , huh ? |
| 36 | Erm I told you about that chap Michael Bell who wrote to me about using my book as play , I 'll read you his letter some other week . |
| 37 | I told you about that before . |
| 38 | Oh Mum I told you about that . |
| 39 | I told you about that ! |
| 40 | do you remember when I told you about that baby on the maternity ward |
| 41 | When I got back ooh you know I told you about that job ? |
| 42 | You know , and I told you about that I 'm having my er done . |
| 43 | Yeah , yeah and they 're sort of grey , I 'm not sure if she got them in a charity , I 'm certainly sure it was n't bought in a shoe shop , cos she goes round every charity , she wo n't go in , you know I told you about that , oh I do n't know what it is , she said it 's loaded out with stuff and we 'll have to have a walk round there , erm , round by what was Kennedy 's , erm |
| 44 | I di and then of course , the previous erm , er Monday I erm , I was at oh , the seventieth birthday party , but I think I told you about that did n't I ? |
| 45 | Well , this , I told you about this French boy that phoned , that contacted me , he 's erm , my name is , I 'm nineteen , I 'm a student at Harlow College , I 'm studying English foreign language and Law A Level , if there 's an Amnesty International I would like to set up a group in the college I hope you 're involved in local groups are writing you to receive about me , and information about the local group . |
| 46 | ‘ Your wife told you about this ? ’ |
| 47 | eleven forty six , he 's got them inside , I think I told you about this did n't I ? , and I was inside helping them out like , he was outside , he did n't have his gas mask , we were doing the things , like M B C stuff , and I 'm inside and he said right you will each go to a post , where inside this tent , each to go to er , erm , cos there was six people inside and like there was six posts , he said you each got to a post inside the tent and on the you will pick up the tent , and I new what was coming , done it before sort of thing and erm , were all in M B C stuff cos there 's still lots of gas , but there was n't for very long , and he said right on the you will , er he just said , we picked it up right , were all fucking all fucking I said go on then , |
| 48 | Now , if I told you about those years , you 'd have a story to write ! |
| 49 | One of which was the property in Frinton which was owned jointly by Mr and his step mother who was an elderly lady who was then residing in that er property and er around that time on the first of October Mr er telephoned Mr and er told him about that but at that time , was not anticipating that there would be an difficulties about the security on Frinton for these he had always , added his case , made it perfectly clear to the man at the National Westminster Bank with whom he was dealing , Mr that that property was not a property which er could er be offered as security because of the joint ownership and er while in conversation with the bank he understood that this letter had been sent and Mrs had been on holiday and that it was simply oversight on the part of the bank at this stage and that all would well after Mrs returned , which was expected in two weeks time . |
| 50 | ‘ You told him about that ? ’ |
| 51 | and somebody says , Well the girl you know he says you never call you you never told him about that . |
| 52 | You said , I told him about that . |
| 53 | Well that was , the other day ? told him about that . |
| 54 | That was Michael Willis 's line whenever I told him about some fresh disaster in the surf . |
| 55 | Charles reproved her for rushing on ahead of his story , and told her about this Sergeant lurking within like a spider waiting for a juicy fly . |
| 56 | And er half heatedly she decided she ought , she could n't have any more children you know she 'd , I do n't think it was money so much that she thought she 'd got enough and somebody told her about this Slippery Elm , well you could get a Slippery Elm drink , you know you know these milky foods if you 've got a poor tummy , that that can , er she bought a tin of this Slippery Elm drink , and she drunk gallons of it and it was doing her good and she thought er she thought it would n't , she 'd gone wrong you see . |
| 57 | When I told her about this |
| 58 | When I told her about this . |
| 59 | Oh you told us about that |
| 60 | And they say yes we will , our business teach teacher told us about that you see because it 's been happening a lot , cos Marks and Spencers do n't ask for a receipt you see , it actually happened , they used to take things from upstairs , bring them downstairs and said they bought it and got the money for it . |