Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile . |
| 3 | ‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm so pleased , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |
| 6 | ‘ And for my own , ’ she told him with a small smile . |
| 7 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 8 | ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’ |
| 9 | Teaching summer school , she told herself with a quick dart of guilt , not kissing wild Sardinians in the middle of the ocean . |
| 10 | She was getting out of this house for a while , she told herself with a resigned sigh . |
| 11 | She tells me with a peculiar girlie sham . |
| 12 | Can you tell me of an English poet staying in these parts ? ’ |
| 13 | Now can you tell me in a wee bit more detail how you did that ? |
| 14 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's not here , ’ he told her with a mocking ring to his tone which showed he knew exactly what she was thinking . |
| 16 | ‘ But perfectly in character , Caroline , ’ he told her with a derisive smile . |
| 17 | ‘ We both have things to say , ’ he told her with a fond smile . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll go first , ’ he told her with a scathing smile . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't need to worry , ’ he told her with a rueful smile , ‘ we 're quite adequately chaperoned . |
| 20 | Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's about all I am intending to keep on ! ’ he told her with a husky , sensual bark of laughter that left her breathless and quivering in his arms as he entered the room and tossed her lightly down on to the bed . |
| 22 | ‘ The only way you 're going to hurt me is by running away from me , ’ he told her in a rough voice . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't bother coming back , ’ he told her in a detached voice . |
| 24 | ‘ It is a lucky man or woman , ’ he told her in a soft voice , ‘ who is blessed with the privilege of being able to pick and choose the challenges he or she must face in life . |
| 25 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 26 | But he told them in a straightforward way . |
| 27 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 28 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 29 | But a friend put some perspective into it when he told me of a recent visit to the Half Moon , a venerable pub venue in Putney : ‘ There were all these posters on the wall of bands from 20 and 25 years ago , and I thought , ‘ Cor , they must be valuable . ’ |
| 30 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |