Example sentences of "told me of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a recent visit to an old people 's home , the officer in charge told me of the efforts she had to make to prevent the local children from taunting and mocking the residents-often through the windows . |
| 2 | He told me of the way the rivers were kept permanently netted for fish , of the illnesses associated with la Sologne , and of its politics . |
| 3 | He later told me of the adventure he had walking round the high netting accompanied by an airman on the other side of the wire . |
| 4 | Bill Riffkind , a close friend of Sam 's , later told me of the fight . |
| 5 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 6 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
| 7 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 8 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 9 | Later , over dinner , Mrs Knelle spiritedly told me of the sensation around Lough Corrib when President Reagan had stayed at Ashford Castle . |