Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |
| 2 | Her teacher was white — indeed , all the teachers were white — and told them with great pride that she came from England . |
| 3 | He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office . |
| 4 | ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness . |
| 5 | A skinny Danish girl , who was washing her clothes in a bucket of pondwater , told me with aristocratic scorn about arriviste wastrels on the next beach who were squandering 90 pence a night on their rooms . |
| 6 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 7 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 8 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 9 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 10 | ‘ Robert told me in quiet tones and averted eyes how he climbed the stairs behind the prostitute in this house where she conducted her trade . |
| 11 | A voice from the wall beside him said : ‘ Would you understand if I told you about molecular breakdown and reassembly from a wide range of raw materials ? ’ |
| 12 | And then , pulling herself together , she told him through clenched teeth , ‘ Tim is not my lover ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Oh … oh , so was mine , ’ she told him with hasty fervour . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’ |
| 15 | Told him with great enthusiasm . |
| 16 | ‘ There are other ways , ’ she told him with Spartan vigour . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility . |
| 18 | He must always believe the things she told him about other people , especially those in his father 's family , but Frankie sometimes found her instructions very hard to understand . |
| 19 | I told him about Bad Money — another short , no big deal . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She had a little flat in the Falls , a house she shared with girlfriends , her family home being in a village outside Derry , and she told him in blunt terms that she had n't seen enough of him at it for too damn long , at it or anywhere else . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll sign the agreement , ’ she told him in clipped tones . |
| 23 | And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way . |
| 24 | I told him in great detail . |
| 25 | The man told him in sarcastic tones that he could have his £9 back at any time if he brought in the young lady in the photograph . |
| 26 | He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety . |
| 28 | Awfully cold , ’ he told her with malicious pleasure . |
| 29 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's what one does to necks , ’ he told her with mock menace . |