Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell [pers pn] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh … oh , so was mine , ’ she told him with hasty fervour . |
| 3 | ‘ There are other ways , ’ she told him with Spartan vigour . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety . |
| 7 | Awfully cold , ’ he told her with malicious pleasure . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's what one does to necks , ’ he told her with mock menace . |
| 9 | George MacKerracher was a character in himself , and although I always suspected that he made up most of his stories , he told them with such sincerity and verve that they were quite believable . |
| 10 | He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office . |
| 11 | ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness . |