Example sentences of "he tell [pers pn] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety . |
| 2 | Awfully cold , ’ he told her with malicious pleasure . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's what one does to necks , ’ he told her with mock menace . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office . |
| 6 | ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness . |