Example sentences of "tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 32 | When she told them about her mother 's letter he simply nodded , as if their going away was n't important . |
| 33 | I have n't been back since I told them about me and Polly . |
| 34 | I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " . |
| 35 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 36 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |
| 37 | I phoned up the bobbies , told them about it , and the bobbies the is n't a lot much they could do . |
| 38 | Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter . |
| 39 | She told them about her house and that the managers were calling her a thief . |
| 40 | You told them about the tubes in my daughter 's bag … |
| 41 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 42 | She told them about the disturbed girl at St Cecilia 's , the girl called Julie who performed feats of levitation , and about the girl who could read a page of a newspaper and remember it , and Enid who could hypnotize with a fountain-pen top . |
| 43 | She stood there , tall , slim , striking , her hair catching light from the sun , and she told them about history or exotic religions — dramatically , humanly , but cleverly mixing in the dry bits with the drama . |
| 44 | In the evening he invited several friends to supper , and told them about his mother 's departure . |
| 45 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 46 | He told them about Mahmoud being put back on the case . |
| 47 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
| 48 | No-one told them about the drug 's side effects . |
| 49 | And of course I er wirelessed the office headquarters in Edinburgh told them about this so they sent a mine sweeper out from Tobermory . |
| 50 | I told them about |
| 51 | Yeah I know I told them about that ! |
| 52 | Her teacher was white — indeed , all the teachers were white — and told them with great pride that she came from England . |
| 53 | George MacKerracher was a character in himself , and although I always suspected that he made up most of his stories , he told them with such sincerity and verve that they were quite believable . |
| 54 | ‘ I think he 'd like to be Pope , ’ she told them with a sort of weary insight . |
| 55 | Robert spoke to the girls : " They 're having Manahans Band tonight , " he told them with nearly religious approval . |
| 56 | ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile . |
| 57 | ‘ I figured you 'd want to get out of those city clothes straight away , ’ he told them with a grin . |
| 58 | ‘ I told them at half-time that Batty was an aggressive player who would challenge hard and that they should n't expect any less — maybe I should have warned them before the start . |
| 59 | So I went on into the town , and told them at the castle , and the lord Beringar has set a guard on the place now until daylight . |
| 60 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |