Example sentences of "[conj] tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we became well known , people kept things for us or told us of toys they had spotted . |
| 2 | ‘ One man wrote or told it in a book ( the Bible ) , another in a picture . ’ |
| 3 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 4 | The strength of his hard ribcage , the flat muscularity of his stomach and … her head swam dizzily … a delicious throbbing bulkiness that told her of his desire . |
| 5 | It 's you that told me about him was n't it ? |
| 6 | ‘ Which girl is bad ? ’ asked Nour , his hair dark gold from the wetting of the shower , and I felt I would rather swim in the pool with the crocodiles than tell him about the girl like a cat . |
| 7 | ‘ About schools , no doubt , they know something-perhaps they have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for in the structure , the physical fabric . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't like novels that tell you about things . ’ |
| 9 | It consists mainly of a diagram of the shape , plus figures that tell you about the sizes , stitches and rows . |
| 10 | In addition to the firearms that tell us about and the door opener , was any other equipment issued to the officers ? |
| 11 | The aim is to provide a book that tells you about an aspect of computing , while still being understandable and enjoyable . |
| 12 | If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole . |
| 13 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 14 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 15 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 16 | ‘ There are always survivors , ’ she said , and told me about cancer patients given six months to live by conventional doctors , whom she had sustained over several years . |
| 17 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 18 | ‘ Jenny wrote and told me about it . |
| 19 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 20 | She grimaced and told me about the school playground and how her clothes were wrong . |
| 21 | Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’ |
| 22 | She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it . |
| 23 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 24 | My wife read an article in the hairdressers about Taxol and told me about it . |
| 25 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 26 | Tremayne came to collect me from the hospital afterwards and told me on the way to Shellerton that Mackie had got through the court ordeal bravely . |
| 27 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 28 | Barium was forced down her with only minimal explanation , and when I protested the radiologist swore and told me to ‘ mind my place ’ while the assisting radiographer quickly looked away . |
| 29 | It was a costly venture , of course , since Tonga is a very great distance from almost everywhere ; but a glossy journal owned by an extremely wealthy New Yorker thought that a visit to ‘ The Island Where Time Starts ’ could make an agreeable tale , therefore handed me a sheaf of air tickets and a small sum in hard currency and told me to be on my way . |
| 30 | I accepted Benjamin 's words but , when I questioned him on why I should wear it , he just smiled , waved a bony hand and told me to be patient . |