Example sentences of "tell [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile . |
2 | But he told them in a straightforward way . |
3 | A former patient ( one who had never been regressed or even thought about the subject ) told me of a strange incident in her own family . |
4 | 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 . ’ |
5 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
6 | One woman told me of a particular year in which seven close relatives died . |
7 | More happily , a colleague told me of a seventeen-year-old girl in his last parish who was cruelly told that she would be dead in a year . |
8 | My father told me of an old lady who to the end of her days referred to ‘ Amser Duw ac amser Lloyd George , ’ God 's time and Lloyd George 's time , for when the change was introduced during the Great War , there was chaos . |
9 | After two weeks with no sign of improvement , a friend told me of an excellent new rheumatologist who had just come to work in Chester . |
10 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
11 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
12 | ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began . |
13 | Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more . |
14 | ‘ He told me in a general way that he was American . |
15 | On inquiring where the bathroom was , the woman told me in a timid voice that although it was the door facing mine , there would be no hot water available until after supper . |
16 | March , the Secretary of State told me in a parliamentary answer that he was setting in train a new procedure for the appointment of a successor to Eric Bolton . |
17 | The Minister also told me in a written reply about the education and social opportunities that were available to young offenders . |
18 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
19 | ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview . |
20 | Jessamy told herself with a dark frown . |
21 | Teaching summer school , she told herself with a quick dart of guilt , not kissing wild Sardinians in the middle of the ocean . |
22 | She was getting out of this house for a while , she told herself with a resigned sigh . |
23 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |
24 | ‘ And for my own , ’ she told him with a small smile . |
25 | ‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
26 | ‘ I 'm so pleased , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
27 | Later Nutmeg went back to all his friends ( looking himself again ) + they all told him about a strange white cat who called himself Nutmeg . |
28 | On one of his visits to Beckenham , Pearson told him about a little girl neighbour , a Downs Syndrome child , who loved seeing Kenneth Williams in films or on television . |
29 | A friend told him about an ex-demonstration model available at a heavily discounted price . |
30 | But she could not , so she simply told him in a flat tone , ‘ We 've recently started exporting to Europe and Japan . |