Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] of [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must ask you not to tell them of our condition , however . |
| 2 | He has , the paper says , phoned the IRA to tell them of his return to Ulster , to which the reply was : ‘ Expect to hear from us tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And when , exactly , were you going to tell me of their existence ? |
| 4 | Jamila had phoned me the day after Helen and I fucked in Anerley Park to tell me of her decision . |
| 5 | After reading of Helen Wright 's good fortune in September Amicus Ivan McNeill wrote to tell me of his luck in winning a three day family trip to Euro Disney in a free draw organised at his local Esso petrol station in Ballymena , County Antrim . |
| 6 | And so , before Reldresal came to tell me of my punishment , I went to the north of Lilliput , where our ships lay . |
| 7 | ‘ There was no reason to tell you of my proposal until I 'd assured myself of his agreement to it . ’ |
| 8 | In the evenings in Hut 2 he had twice pulled Holly to a corner to tell him of his innocence . |
| 9 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 10 | When Aunt Lilian wrote to tell him of my mother 's death — she said she had died from pneumonia — he sent a wreath of lilies and a letter , saying that if it had not been for her tuition , he would not be where he was now . |
| 11 | ‘ Of all the things I was taught at school , this sticks in my mind more that anything , ’ said Christine Cooper when she wrote to tell us of her reaction to an article in MKM. that was last spring when we published a newsletter from Christine Morey telling of her adventures in Romania . |