Example sentences of "he tell [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's not here , ’ he told her with a mocking ring to his tone which showed he knew exactly what she was thinking . |
| 2 | ‘ But perfectly in character , Caroline , ’ he told her with a derisive smile . |
| 3 | ‘ We both have things to say , ’ he told her with a fond smile . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll go first , ’ he told her with a scathing smile . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't need to worry , ’ he told her with a rueful smile , ‘ we 're quite adequately chaperoned . |
| 6 | Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ The only way you 're going to hurt me is by running away from me , ’ he told her in a rough voice . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't bother coming back , ’ he told her in a detached voice . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | But he told them in a straightforward way . |
| 13 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 14 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
| 17 | ‘ He told me in a general way that he was American . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview . |
| 19 | He tells me of a great battle his ancestors fought near Lake Victoria . |
| 20 | He tells it to an Indian friend , and soon ceases to speak the tale in his own language , substituting instead the Indian 's . |