Example sentences of "tell of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A folk tale told of a Tahitian chief , Moikeha , who sailed to Hawaii and , largely thanks to his prowess on a surfboard , married two princesses and became king of the island of Kauai . |
| 2 | The doctor also told of a four-hour meeting with a group of Irish throwers , who asked his advice on how to improve the efficiency of their drug programme . |
| 3 | At a party at the Hyde Park Hotel to celebrate his forthcoming 86th birthday on Christmas Day , Lord Grade told of a tricky moment during the filming of his film Jesus of Nazareth . |
| 4 | And the good news was that we were told of a live album for release early next year that should capture the music more honestly than either of his two studio outings have managed to do so far . |
| 5 | In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands . |
| 6 | So in 1818 when a doctor called Herbert was told of a young man living on the island of Fetlar in the Shetland Islands off the north of Scotland who had been deaf and blind from birth , he hastened to see this object of curiosity for himself . |
| 7 | When he was told of a young man who wished to become a poet , Eliot replied , " He 's getting ready for a sad life " , and Ronald Duncan said that during this period he looked " miserable and unwell " and " began to affect many signs of premature old age " . |
| 8 | A lovely story is told of a young herdsman who saw one of the Gwraggedd Annwn rowing on a lake in a golden boat . |
| 9 | ‘ I was once told of a favourite phrase of Harold Wilson 's : ‘ A decision deferred is a decision made . ’ |
| 10 | THE Cabinet was never told of a German offer to reform Europe 's money system , Kenneth Clarke and Michael Heseltine claimed yesterday . |
| 11 | Turn back through the pages of ancient history books on Venice and as far back as the year 1740 you will find tell of a friendly hostelry providing a refuge to weary travellers on this hotel 's site . |
| 12 | The stories about Strahinja tell of a classic conflict between love and duty when the hero 's wife falls in love with the Turk who has abducted her from the family home whilst her husband is away in Kruševac visiting his wife 's relatives , the powerful Jugovići family . |
| 13 | The mighty Grand Hotel of 1863 and the rows of Victorian terraces tell of a different type of resort when it became Yorkshire 's equivalent to Lancashire 's Blackpool . |
| 14 | As the German losses mounted , an eye-witness tells of a battleshocked captain , summoned to his Battalion Commander , exclaiming : ‘ What ! … |
| 15 | Francis tells of a Canadian discus thrower , Rob Gray , who had worked for many years to reach the 58 metre mark . |
| 16 | It tells of a young offenders institution where five inmates have made a pact that if one commits suicide the other four can be freed ‘ for psychological reasons ’ . |
| 17 | Yet another story tells of a young ostler who worked at the inn . |
| 18 | The journal , which tells of a teenage romance with his pretty cousin Harriet Grove , is to be published next month . |
| 19 | An ancient Indian legend tells of a precious Jewel in the Cobra 's head . |
| 20 | KATRINA MURRAY tells of a special retreat |
| 21 | As a measure of the car 's enduring versatility , the photographer tells of a glamorous grandmother he knows who drives a dark green one . |
| 22 | Another story — the charming Silford Hall tells of a happy visit which a little boy once paid to a country mansion , and how the kind housekeeper showed him round the picture gallery , and gave him a lovely dinner in the servants ' hall ; Crabbe had himself been that humble little boy . |
| 23 | That scene , as Golding has often told , was the first he conceived of , and he invented the rest of the book with the conclusion already in mind ; and it tells of a frightened boy ‘ tensed for more terrors ’ who staggers to his feet to find not his tormentors but an officer in a white-topped cap : |
| 24 | Still compulsive viewing after all these years , the story tells of a sexual attraction between alluring femme fatale Matty ( Kathleen Turner ) and sleazy lawyer Ned ( Hurt ) which eventually leads to a murderous crime of passion . |
| 25 | THE best known story of the Labeque sisters in Edinburgh tells of a post-concert reception at the Caledonian Hotel . |
| 26 | An old tale tells of a holy priest who visited his nephew , a scurrilous tavern-keeper . |
| 27 | Certain letters had been recently received from the miners telling of a new discovery in Westmorland . |