Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to tell Oliver the story of another young boy , who had gone to the police to tell them about the gang , but who had finally been hanged one morning for being a thief . |
| 2 | ‘ Supposing I offer to tell them about the Feargach Grian ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Remember to tell them about the hair , ’ Cal added . |
| 4 | He went on to tell them about the school . |
| 5 | NatWest is to contact its 5 million cardholders to tell them about the problem . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you really going to tell them about the dream ? ’ |
| 7 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |
| 8 | When she saw them she was going to tell them about the tea and in the same breath demand to know what they had found and why Cobalt had anticipated finding anything in the Villa Fiesole . |
| 9 | ‘ A simple phone call to tell me about the problem would have saved me all this fuss and expense . ’ |
| 10 | He was silly to tell me about the date over the door . |
| 11 | " I want you to tell me about the telephone call this morning , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 12 | ‘ He wanted to tell me about the lion hunt Claudia organized . |
| 13 | But the mystif lovey , I need you to tell me about the mystif . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , no , she 's going to tell me about the time when she arrived at King ‘ s Cross station , pregnant , with a wage-packet in her pocket and no home . ’ |
| 15 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |
| 16 | He did not explain what he meant , but went on rather quickly to tell me about the appointment , and for a while we talked about Cambridge , and places and people that we both knew well . |
| 17 | He said , ‘ But you were going to tell me about the business . ’ |
| 18 | Having represented the giving for a number of years on a graph , next ask what the figures have to tell you about the relevance and quality of your programme . |
| 19 | Oh I did n't te forgot to tell you about the taxi guy who came . |
| 20 | Dear Sir , I 'm just writing to tell you about the fun we had when everyone saw Albie 's ( Mr Misery ) photo in the Echo . |
| 21 | I 'm not sending him there I 'll have to get Geoff to tell you about the story of , you know erm drama he says is pretty bad because , I mean in drama you sort of mess about any way do n't ya ? |
| 22 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 23 | This leaflet is designed to tell you about the Association and how to join . |
| 24 | Talking of work , I 'd better go and do the moules marinières — or do you want me to tell you about the exhibition ? |
| 25 | But I hardly like to tell you about the disaster that befell Angela within the next few minutes . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think that 'd do him much harm , ’ she said , and went on to tell him about the incident in the Village , finishing up with the assassin 's miraculous recovery . |
| 27 | This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her . |
| 28 | Another potential voter starts to tell him about the car that went through his garden wall . |
| 29 | He did n't need Fraser to tell him about the brother and sister . |
| 30 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |