Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] tell i [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he fiddled with his samovar , Dr Jaffery told me about his work . |
| 2 | ‘ Uncle Jack told me about him only recently , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ Uncle Jack told me about him . |
| 4 | Sheila Hancock told me of his ‘ great disdain' for bad actors . |
| 5 | Rose Mundy told me of her continual battle with overweight thighs , a problem that had been with her for as long as she could remember . |
| 6 | Jamila had phoned me the day after Helen and I fucked in Anerley Park to tell me of her decision . |
| 7 | ‘ Friar Tuck told me of you , ’ he said ; and then as though it might be a password to their confidence he added : ‘ He told me that you hunt the unicorn . ’ |
| 8 | As show jumper and trainer John Bunyan told me on our first lesson ( see next month 's diary ) : ‘ You have to work out the difference between ‘ Ca n't ’ and ‘ Wo n't ’ . |
| 9 | John Lahr told me of his astonishment at how unpleasant he could be to waiters at the Indian restaurant they visited together . |