Example sentences of "she tell [pers pn] [prep] [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 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 .
6 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 .
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