Example sentences of "tell me about the " in BNC.

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1 He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness .
2 Richard Holmes of the Sheffield YMCA told me about the background to the game .
3 As the train approached Wolverhampton , Powell the historian told me about the foundation of the town in the 10th century and how it grew to prosperity making weapons for the Civil War .
4 TV told me about the victim of child molestation who claimed , ‘ I owe my analyst my life ’ .
5 So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had .
6 However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod .
7 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 . ’
8 It was he who told me about the injuries the King received .
9 It was then that she told me about the hysterectomy . ’
10 I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’
11 He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him .
12 She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle .
13 She told me about the Sheikhas of Al Ain , which were good and which were not truly hospitable or kind .
14 After a moment , Doyle said , ‘ Cowley told me about the girl . ’
15 He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit .
16 Having disposed of the simple administrative matter in a commonsense way , I then spoke to Chris protheroe who told me about the fatigue failure of the right stabiliser spar .
17 The one who told me about the five quid .
18 Luney told me about the party .
19 When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles .
20 He told me about the cross .
21 Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it .
22 Because he he told me about the chap who was his agent .
23 I suppose I should be grateful he told me about the call at all , but he had to really , did n't he ?
24 My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about .
25 The night watchman told me about the incident in the morning .
26 I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted .
27 Mr Connon when I arrived told me about the letter Jenny received and also about your warning to him that there might be phone calls also .
28 Er another thing that I mean thought , somebody told me about the other day er it 's an old thing is er gravel drives .
29 My father told me about the Hound of the Baskervilles .
30 I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’
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