Example sentences of "[noun prp] tell i [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat told me of her other' schemes for making money which , of course , never came to anything . |
| 2 | I 'm glad Ronnie told me about her ; I wo n't feel so stupid next time ; the whole thing had a quiet dignity about it and I felt good . |
| 3 | While he fiddled with his samovar , Dr Jaffery told me about his work . |
| 4 | We have five £75 copies to give away and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat next Friday telling me on which American TV show Wayne 's World had its beginnings . |
| 5 | " Clelia told me about you . |
| 6 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ginny told me about your mother . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Ray told me about it , he said that erm this bloke |
| 11 | Sheila Hancock told me of his ‘ great disdain' for bad actors . |
| 12 | And I remembered what Nicola told me about her having to meet someone . |
| 13 | ‘ Uncle Jack told me about him only recently , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ Uncle Jack told me about him . |
| 15 | Joe told me about it . |
| 16 | Billy told me about what school does Billy go ? |
| 17 | Timothy told me about it , and the return of Lady Horatia . " |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , Gooseneck told me about them . |
| 19 | But , you see Bob told me about it , he said , well he , you know booked at the Claremont because he 'd had problems getting prices out of the others . |
| 20 | ‘ No , sir , but Selden told me about him a week or more ago . |
| 21 | ‘ When Leila told me about you , when I read all that shit you left her , I pitied you , ’ she said bitterly . |
| 22 | In the music room , which has its walls lined with framed gold records and death threats from fundamentalist religious groups , Ice-T tells me about his future plans . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | John Lahr told me of his astonishment at how unpleasant he could be to waiters at the Indian restaurant they visited together . |
| 25 | Chris told me about it . |
| 26 | this Dorothy told me about she said get yourself up to the wool shop Ann and |
| 27 | ‘ Tracy told me about it . |
| 28 | At first , Ralemberg told me about himself . |