Example sentences of "[conj] tell i [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 2 | It 's you that told me about him was n't it ? |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 5 | ‘ Jenny wrote and told me about it . |
| 6 | She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it . |
| 7 | My wife read an article in the hairdressers about Taxol and told me about it . |
| 8 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 9 | Now relaxed and talkative , he saw me back to the waiting taxi and told me of his ambitions as a Gaelic football player . |
| 10 | IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES , a black cop sat in his office above the Criminal Courts and told me of his seven years with the Hardcore Gang Unit of the District Attorney 's office : ‘ I have n't worked on anything but a murder since I started here . ’ |
| 11 | He had watched his sisters slide into prostitution , through financial and practical necessity , and told me in his Spanish dialect that he had become used to sleeping on the floor at home while they fucked a random selection of Cuban , Puerto Rican and American sailors from the nearby US Naval base at Subic Bay in the Philippines . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , sit down , ’ said Holmes , ‘ and tell me about yourself . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Come and sit here and tell me about yourself . |
| 14 | ‘ Parents and teachers can write to me , and tell me about their kids . |
| 15 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 16 | I spoke to her , telling her to do as we had earlier discussed and detach herself from the scene so that she could see it and tell me about it but could not feel any distress , whether mental , physical or emotional . |
| 17 | Try to get a grip on yourself and tell me about it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Call in on your way home and tell me about it . ’ |
| 20 | and tell me about you , what do you do ? |
| 21 | He can make you believe you are the only woman on earth for him , and only a Frenchman out of all the men in the world could look at me and tell me to my face that I am beautiful . |
| 22 | Yes , erm I read up quite a lot of things about keeping pests away , but I do n't dad reads them and tells me about them , but I forget cos they have to go back |
| 23 | Ma nods , looks pleadingly and tells me in her love-voice : ‘ She 's only a tiny baby , Jimbo . |
| 24 | ‘ And you 'll write often and tell me about him ? ’ |
| 25 | Er I 'd just like one to call up and tell me about their pay . |
| 26 | ‘ If this lady is having trouble she should come and tell me about it . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Vinct brought in some of the ‘ Daily Service ’ folk to see me and to tell me about their work . |
| 28 | But tell me about your wonderful actress . |
| 29 | ‘ But tell me about you and your family . ’ |
| 30 | But tell me about it . |