Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I told him about Bad Money — another short , no big deal .
2 And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way .
3 I told him in great detail .
4 A voice from the wall beside him said : ‘ Would you understand if I told you about molecular breakdown and reassembly from a wide range of raw materials ? ’
5 ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’
6 ‘ Oh … oh , so was mine , ’ she told him with hasty fervour .
7 ‘ There are other ways , ’ she told him with Spartan vigour .
8 ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility .
9 She told him about open heart surgery , and lasers ; about credit cards and the cost of living , and the vast expense involved when buying a moderately sized residence like Rose Cottage , which he regarded as little short of scandalous , totally unable to begin to comprehend such vast sums of money being paid for such a relatively small return .
10 She is in the early stages of pregnancy , her belly gently swelling inside her pink dress , and she tells me with obvious delight that she is expecting a summer bambino .
11 Generally and for the most part they 'll come up with the same sum at the end of the day and if I go to two different philosophers and say , erm can you tell me about free will ?
12 And they told it without on-screen questioning , though the programme is skilfully structured to give it a coherence it might have lacked .
13 ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety .
14 Awfully cold , ’ he told her with malicious pleasure .
15 ‘ That 's what one does to necks , ’ he told her with mock menace .
16 He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office .
17 ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness .
18 He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States .
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