Example sentences of "and [verb] me about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , look it up and minute me about it , will you ? |
| 2 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 3 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 4 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 7 | ‘ Jenny wrote and told me about it . |
| 8 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 9 | She grimaced and told me about the school playground and how her clothes were wrong . |
| 10 | Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’ |
| 11 | She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it . |
| 12 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 13 | My wife read an article in the hairdressers about Taxol and told me about it . |
| 14 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 15 | And the police came and interviewed me about it . |
| 16 | I mean you 'll have to come and see me about that because it 's fairly confidential so but they are very very good . |
| 17 | h he 's got a , he 's coming down from Edinburgh and he wants to call in and see me about something and I do n't know what because I 've only spoken to his secretary . |
| 18 | The new plough will be ready any day now and already I 've had farmers come and see me about turning over both new and old ground for them . |
| 19 | He 's absolutely fanatical about them — full of stories about their characters and sounding me about various treatments . |
| 20 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 21 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 22 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 23 | Try to get a grip on yourself and tell me about it . ’ |
| 24 | You come down here and tell me about the time you went to the Abacos . ’ |
| 25 | And tell me about the lady who did abortions , erm , did you know very much about what sort of people they were ? |
| 26 | ‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , sit down , ’ said Holmes , ‘ and tell me about yourself . ’ |
| 28 | and tell me about you , what do you do ? |
| 29 | ‘ Call in on your way home and tell me about it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Come and sit here and tell me about yourself . |