Example sentences of "told [pers pn] about [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 2 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 3 | You told me about that disaster . |
| 4 | He also told me about another ex-employee who 'd had a fatal motor accident … ’ |
| 5 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 6 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 8 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 9 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 10 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 11 | When I got back ooh you know I told you about that job ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | do you remember when I told you about that baby on the maternity ward |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 16 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |