Example sentences of "tell [pron] with a [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile .
2	In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about .
3	Jessamy told herself with a dark frown .
4	Teaching summer school , she told herself with a quick dart of guilt , not kissing wild Sardinians in the middle of the ocean .
5	She was getting out of this house for a while , she told herself with a resigned sigh .
6	‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh .
7	‘ And for my own , ’ she told him with a small smile .
8	‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile .
9	‘ I 'm so pleased , ’ she told him with a beaming smile .
10	‘ But perfectly in character , Caroline , ’ he told her with a derisive smile .
11	‘ She 's not here , ’ he told her with a mocking ring to his tone which showed he knew exactly what she was thinking .
12	‘ You do n't need to worry , ’ he told her with a rueful smile , ‘ we 're quite adequately chaperoned .
13	‘ 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 .
14	Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased .
15	‘ I 'll go first , ’ he told her with a scathing smile .
16	‘ We both have things to say , ’ he told her with a fond smile .
17	‘ Poor Owen — he seems to have broken every bone in his body , ’ Ross told her with a heavy sigh .
18	Laura told her with a heavy sigh .
19	Sylvie had told him with a dreamy insouciance that Katherine was away in Boston , staying with a charming man called Thomas Sachs .
20	She tells me with a peculiar girlie sham .

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