Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood there , tall , slim , striking , her hair catching light from the sun , and she told them about history or exotic religions — dramatically , humanly , but cleverly mixing in the dry bits with the drama . |
| 2 | ‘ There are always survivors , ’ she said , and told me about cancer patients given six months to live by conventional doctors , whom she had sustained over several years . |
| 3 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 4 | She paused for a moment and then went on , ‘ Since thoo told me about t'baby , Aah 've been thinking . |
| 5 | Then he told me about chaology , which he called the new buzz thing . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you remember when I told you about Dad ? ’ |
| 7 | thing I told you about lady in red , remember that , a million and a quarter , |
| 8 | We sat in there with him and told him about school . |
| 9 | So was Donleavy when Coleman told him about Hurley 's call . |
| 10 | Anthea Turner ( above ) radiant after her marriage to Peter Powell — but what a shame no one told him about Head and Shoulders |
| 11 | She told him about dissension in the library , about the village feuds . |
| 12 | Has no one told him about acid rain or the carcinogens in coal waste ? |
| 13 | She told him about Holly and Maureen and the MacQuillan plan for a three-page gossip column . |
| 14 | With everything ready , I telephoned Brigadier Catto in England and told him about Daffodil Quentin and the touching little scene in the winners ' circle . |
| 15 | I told him about paint work under the bonnet , Mark had they 'd mentioned some paint work had got ta be dealt with and that passenger door with the draught and I told them that . |
| 16 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 17 | When Heg told us about TIE 's contacts in Brazil , we wrote to them . |
| 18 | There was an excellent example some weeks ago , when M told us about nuclear-waste dumping at sea — how much , what it contained , where it was ditched , how dangerous it might be , what was known and what was n't — all explained quickly , painlessly , economically . |
| 19 | Hand half-raised he added : ‘ Do n't forget it was me as told thee about Cap'n sailing for the Indies . ’ |
| 20 | No one seemed to have told them about ration books . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's an even greater pity that you could n't have told me about Ling 's day off , ’ she flared at him . |
| 22 | THAT 'S GREAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT IT … |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , my brother Stair — I am sure that Matey has told you about Stair — invited me out tonight to the stag party of one of his friends ; I used to know him slightly . |
| 24 | This is you remember I 've told you about geography bottles , yeah ? |
| 25 | Oh yeah tell me about work . |
| 26 | No more the cutie , she was the serious seeker for information : " Tell me about afforestation . |
| 27 | Come and tell me about nursery . |
| 28 | ‘ Tell me about kidnapping . ’ |
| 29 | Now tell me about pain . |
| 30 | Tell me about transport through Caldmore when you were a young man . |