Example sentences of "tell him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , pulling herself together , she told him through clenched teeth , ‘ Tim is not my lover ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh … oh , so was mine , ’ she told him with hasty fervour . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’ |
| 4 | Told him with great enthusiasm . |
| 5 | ‘ There are other ways , ’ she told him with Spartan vigour . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I told him about Bad Money — another short , no big deal . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll sign the agreement , ’ she told him in clipped tones . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I told him in great detail . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Timex management had told him of substantial losses in recent years and of the possibility of another massive deficit this year . |
| 17 | Timex managers had told him of heavy losses in recent years and the possibility of more losses this year . |
| 18 | George had told him in private the reason for Sarah Butler being packed off to Leeds , and he had realised then that her infatuation for George was an obsession . |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 20 | Two , when I called Ed 's Helsinki apartment to tell him about Sandy you took the call , you were there again — in his apartment . |
| 21 | He says that when he was small , his grandfather used to tell him about little people who came out at night to play with the toys . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You know what you can do with your sphyg , ’ said Wexford , proceeding to tell him in lurid detail . |
| 23 | I have told my hon. Friend in private and I am happy to tell him in public that if the doctors concerned say that when they installed the computer they did not know that the list size criterion existed , I am happy to accept that as a statement of fact . |