Example sentences of "telling [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ From what Superintending Constable Aplin 's been telling me along the way , if we can solve one , we 're likely to find the perpetrator of the other . |
| 2 | ‘ I was so suprised when I got the letter telling me about the award that I burst into tears , ’ says Joan , a widow . |
| 3 | I remember my uncle Tommy Hauxwell , who came to live with us to manage the farm after Father died , telling me about the time Great-Grandad bought a big flock of geese over in Stainmore , which is more than six miles away over the moors . |
| 4 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 5 | Fairfax turns to me : ‘ The laibon is telling me about the lion hunt in which his brother was injured . ’ |
| 6 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 7 | I remember Chung telling me of the performance she had given with Tennstedt some years ago , a special experience for her , and this subsequent occasion resulted in a collaboration comparably searching and intense . |
| 8 | Instead they stayed talking until the small hours , telling me of the strokes they 'd pulled and the mischief they 'd got into as kids — right under my unsuspecting nose ! |
| 9 | We sat after lunch on Monday in his room ; or rather he sat chubbily at his desk , living up to his nickname , spooning Hymettus honey out of a jar and telling me of the flesh and fleshpots he had bought himself in Athens ; and I lay on his bed , only half listening . |
| 10 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 11 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 12 | I remember Robert Hewitt who was racing secretary telling me before the meeting . |
| 13 | He was refused permission to shut the bar at 1am but keep the club open until 2am , and made an announcement to clubbers telling them of the police decision . |
| 14 | One takes twenty minutes which is Dr is taking them round and telling them about the Hall . |
| 15 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 16 | Later , at Reykjavik , I was chatting to somebody , telling them about the Ernir flights . |
| 17 | ‘ Not without telling them about the coins . |
| 18 | Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time . |
| 19 | Firstly , due to the low usage figures found by the programme monitors in Phase 1 villages ( described in Chapter 5 ) , the Oral Replacement Workers had placed greater emphasis during Phase 2 on telling the village people about LGS at the expense of telling them about the dangers of adding too much salt to the solution . |
| 20 | But the last thing I wanted was them chasing Zaria and her telling them about the package she was posting . |
| 21 | Their findings will now be put together to form a database for firms investing in the area , telling them about the people 's skills and abilities . |
| 22 | In addition they try to contact homeworkers and provide Factpacks in several languages to inform them about local authority facilities which already exist — like childcare and contact centres , and telling them about the health and safety risks of homework and how these can be reduced . |
| 23 | Besides , I 'm paying for the betrayal by telling them about the body . |
| 24 | He 'll be telling them about the pressures of being a superstar living in Hollywood ! |
| 25 | Inside , members of staff were dressed in colourful beach wear , asking customers about their holiday plans and telling them about the Bank 's range of travel products . |
| 26 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 27 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |
| 28 | It was only when telling someone about the finale , weeks later , that I realized the unconscious pun of ‘ Sayer Little Prayer ’ and he washed over me all over again . |
| 29 | Telling someone about the decision to take the test will mean that they will probably ask about the result . |
| 30 | Do n't start telling someone about the effect they are having on you when you are angry or feeling over-emotional . |