Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've taken the tape to the police , of course , and told them about my cat , but that 's all . |
| 2 | They laughed like a couple of schoolgirls , hands fluttering to their mouths like butterflies when I told them of my encounter with the priest . |
| 3 | I told them of my plans — a little hesitantly , I admit , as they are practising Christians and I was n't sure how they would take to the idea of a DIY funeral . |
| 4 | ‘ I was forgetting what you told me in my surgery . |
| 5 | Without blushing , he told me in my own drawing room : ‘ I am a financial adviser to both the Duke and Duchess . |
| 6 | ‘ I told you about my holiday in hospital . |
| 7 | I mean you remember I told you about my cousin , mm , now he is not somebody I 'd recommend an au pair , au pair to work |
| 8 | ‘ I told you in my letter last week that I wanted you to arrange for me to meet him . |
| 9 | Lunching with Lord Dynevor , I told him of my settled feeling that I am playing in the final of the FA Cup , that there are three minutes to go and that my team is 0-4 down . |
| 10 | I asked him from which part of that county he came and when he said Preston , I told him of my own connections and was amazed to find that his parents had kept the shop in St. Paul 's Road where I had gone to buy sweets in 1920 . |
| 11 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 12 | I told him of my past life in the village , and my expectations . |
| 13 | I told him of my discovery . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're in the same business , ’ I said , and told him about my Mickey Mouse job . |
| 15 | I told him about my robbery . |
| 16 | I told him about my sister who now had no legs . |
| 17 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 18 | I told him about my Knights — without revealing their identities — and he agreed that a lot can be achieved with the mind , that attitude is everything , and that life 's ‘ hard knocks ’ shape your character . |
| 19 | I told him about my visit to Mahoney 's apartment . |
| 20 | I told him about my family and where they came from , then told him about my father . |
| 21 | I told him about my family and where they came from , then told him about my father . |
| 22 | I told him about my father 's arrest ; about the doctor ; about life in Fontanellato ; about the mercato nero ; about the Allies being stuck between Rome and Naples ; about the bombing of the cities , especially Genoa . |
| 23 | Like poor Lanyon when I told him about my new ideas . |
| 24 | " I gave him the idea , " Timothy said , " when I told him about my dad . |
| 25 | That was why when I told him about my LCC-subsidized visit to Paris , he insisted that I should pay calls on friends of his like Paul Valéry , Jacques Maritain and Charles du Bos ; and he set about providing me with letters of introduction . |
| 26 | I telephoned Anna-Lisa after the AAAs and told her about my injury . |
| 27 | I told her about my visit to Mahoney 's apartment . |
| 28 | Then I told her about my Tante Frieda in the Great War , who found herself matching the curtains at an embassy party . |
| 29 | I think my mum is still in a state of shock after I told her about my Irish selection . ’ |
| 30 | She nodded sagely when I told her of my decision . |