Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] tell [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Mantack then returned to Donna 's parents house , where they told him about the message . |
2 | It was n't until my second year that I told anything like the truth about my father . |
3 | It was then that she told me about the hysterectomy . ’ |
4 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
5 | And I 'm going to point out two or three things why it 's absolutely essential that you tell everything over the phone . |
6 | ‘ So you told me on the phone . ’ |
7 | ‘ So you told 'em about the Regal Arms . ’ , |
8 | It was n't until almost his last breath that he told her of the board beneath his bed and what was under it , assuring her he had saved it for her . |
9 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
10 | and I told him about the , him taking the wagon off me , he said that 's bloody stupid that cos Nick used to do my run , work it out for me |
11 | That 's it yeah , and erm I was erm Wally and Gordon and he thinks there 's another couple you see , so I said well , you know , and I told him about the heater you see and he know , I said when people sitting on their backsides in committee making decisions , I said , you know , I said it just makes me bloody well annoyed , he said I know he said they do n't , they , they make the decisions and , but they do n't do the nitty gritty , they you know |
12 | Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools . |
13 | She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt . |
14 | And I told her about the timeslips , and how I had found myself back in her time . |
15 | And I told you about the garden going down to the river , did n't I ? ’ |
16 | 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 . |
17 | But the last thing I wanted was them chasing Zaria and her telling them about the package she was posting . |
18 | So when I came back to England , I consulted two elderly ladies , one a doctor , the other a spiritual medium , who work together , and who told me about the past lives I had had . |
19 | They were welcomed by Guinness Brewing Worldwide Managing Director , who is chairman of the Guinness Group 's Pension Trust , and who told them of the latest developments at their former workplace . |
20 | Gazzer seemed to be talking to himself , not to Marie but , suddenly , he looked straight into her face and said : ‘ Did you tell him where she lived , like you told him about the money ? ’ |
21 | What would he say if she told him of the background that had left her with a deep and enduring mistrust of men ? |
22 | They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be . |
23 | I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’ |
24 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
25 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
26 | Yeah , cos we was there in the August , they were n't , we moved in , in the July , there , and the girls were , Matthew was just four , cos just as we moved in our dad took Matthew to Hungary with him , it was like , it was like they were going on the following Wednesday , and he told me on the Friday , he came in on the Friday night , they planned , it was our dad , Crystal and Danielle , Crystal and Danielle , but she said even if I go out in the middle of . |
27 | good descriptive booklet and it tells you on the back , in actual fact I 've got some handouts here which you can pick up when we 've finished the talk , okay ? |
28 | So it , it , it 's a , it goes much beyond merely a kind of er , cliche , of saying , all people can be sometimes good or people can be sometimes bad , and it tells you about the specific way in which this th this comes about . |
29 | But I told him about the telly that it 's a bit beyond redemption . |
30 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |