Example sentences of "[noun prp] tell [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken told him about a trip he had made to Spain with a friend whom he called ‘ Milicent ’ . |
| 2 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 3 | After Gloria had gone , lying in her cot with nothing to do , nothing to look at , Dot told herself about the hens laying in the country . |
| 4 | Spencer told us of the people who had been to the Chapel to see what he was doing — and told us that several generals had been there . |
| 5 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |
| 6 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 7 | ‘ Has n't Mr Trelawney told you about the pirates ? |
| 8 | After his show yesterday we asked Fluff to tell us about the most memorable records from his 32-year career . |
| 9 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 10 | Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King . |
| 11 | And it was in this room , quietly and simply , that Morse told her of the death of Theodore Kemp , considering , in his own strange fashion , that it was perhaps not an inappropriate time for her to know . |
| 12 | Sarah told her about the visit to St Bartholomew 's . |
| 13 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 14 | Florrie told her in no uncertain terms that she would have to get used to it . |
| 15 | Ward told him about the two diversions below Chilete and the need to switch to the old road that ran along the lip of the gorge . |
| 16 | ‘ Rachel 's , ’ Maria told him in a quietly biting tone , although she was still shaking inwardly . |
| 17 | Kelly told him about the call to the weighing room , her father 's letter , the death of Broom-Parker . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose His Holiness Pope Breakspear told you about the senator 's offer , eh , Thessalonians ? |
| 19 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've changed since last night , ’ Ruth told him in a soft murmur . |
| 21 | The whole contra operation was ‘ for God and Country , ’ , Owen said North told him in the beginning ; at its end , it had all still been done ‘ in the best interests of the United States of America ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Poor Owen — he seems to have broken every bone in his body , ’ Ross told her with a heavy sigh . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't see the problem , ’ Ross told her with a shrug . |
| 24 | So Brenda told her about the adventurous ride by the short cut . |
| 25 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 26 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 27 | Instead , Mauriac tells us about the books he 's read , the painters he 's liked , the plays he 's seen . |
| 28 | Officers had tried all day to contact Mr Maughan to tell him of the tragedy . |
| 29 | Our thanks go to Mrs Margaret ( Peggy ) Kaye , a member of the Fareham Branch , and an ex-pat WAAF , who writes to us from Orlando , Florida to tell us of a moving memorial service that took place at Arcadia , Florida on 27 May 1991 . |
| 30 | Mrs Redmond called to see Julia one afternoon as she sometimes did now and Julia told her of the conversation about mourning . |