Example sentences of "he tell [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But perfectly in character , Caroline , ’ he told her with a derisive smile . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll go first , ’ he told her with a scathing smile . |
| 3 | Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased . |
| 4 | ‘ We both have things to say , ’ he told her with a fond smile . |
| 5 | I 'll let you know as soon as I hear anything , ’ he told her with a surprisingly warm , reassuring smile . |
| 6 | ‘ The Friday night flights are always crowded , ’ he told her with a shrug . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's about all I am intending to keep on ! ’ he told her with a husky , sensual bark of laughter that left her breathless and quivering in his arms as he entered the room and tossed her lightly down on to the bed . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't need to worry , ’ he told her with a rueful smile , ‘ we 're quite adequately chaperoned . |
| 9 | ‘ I doubt if there are words to describe how it makes me feel , ’ he told her with a glimmer of the wry mockery back in his eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's not here , ’ he told her with a mocking ring to his tone which showed he knew exactly what she was thinking . |
| 11 | ‘ The only way you 're going to hurt me is by running away from me , ’ he told her in a rough voice . |
| 12 | ‘ It is a lucky man or woman , ’ he told her in a soft voice , ‘ who is blessed with the privilege of being able to pick and choose the challenges he or she must face in life . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't bother coming back , ’ he told her in a detached voice . |
| 14 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I figured you 'd want to get out of those city clothes straight away , ’ he told them with a grin . |
| 16 | But he told them in a straightforward way . |
| 17 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 18 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 19 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 20 | He told me of a visit he 'd made to California . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
| 23 | ‘ It did not work , ’ he told me with a laugh . |
| 24 | ‘ I seriously thought of studying English literature — or becoming a cook ! ’ he told me with a laugh , ‘ but then Imperial College London offered me a place in mathematics . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not anti-drink , I 'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes , ’ he told me during an interview carried out in one of the three plush hotels he owns . |
| 26 | ‘ If you English tourists get too powerful around here , ’ he told me over a glass of grappa , and with a particularly charming smile , ‘ I think I can remember where the old machine-guns are buried . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He told me in a general way that he was American . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview . |
| 29 | Like Cinderella , he told himself with a grin . |
| 30 | To lighten the proceedings he told us of an incident some years ago when there had still been a whaling station in the town . |