Example sentences of "[conj] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He ran up the street and through the town as far as the main road , where he saw a sign that told him it was just seventy miles from there to London . |
| 32 | He remembered the admiring glances of the other boys , and the expression of ineffable contempt on the face of the young Hilary Frome , an expression that told him that even an eleven-year-old could see through him , could tell he was no good . |
| 33 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 34 | It was the part of him that told him he was managing fine and not to change as it would just lead to hassles and worries . |
| 35 | So it could n't have been you that told him that er and were associates . |
| 36 | In Darlington , Robert visited an agency that told him it was unable to help him find accommodation in Newton Aycliffe . |
| 37 | It 's me that told him not to go ! |
| 38 | It 's me that told him not to go cos I said , I did n't want to go this week and he did n't go . |
| 39 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 40 | She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making . |
| 41 | Thirdly , they would need , in some sense , to be rational to have an effective means-ends reasoning that told them how to implement each desired goal . |
| 42 | So the usual thing eventually after five months waiting for payment is to find out the bloody solicitor that told them this you see and inform the the solicitors that er his client has not yet paid us and we it ought to be done and eventually that 's how we get the money . |
| 43 | ‘ Where are you going , Rose ? ’ he asked in a tone that told her that he knew he had gone too far but she continued on her way . |
| 44 | What she should have done was obey the voice that told her to pass right along the car . |
| 45 | Bienvida had red hair when she was born but later on it turned dark , so that told her very little . |
| 46 | She saw that look come into his eyes again — the look that told her so clearly how little she meant to him . |
| 47 | It was n't the egotism she feared that told her none of the others would understand just what the program was , or its significance . |
| 48 | He smiled again , a sad , lonely smile that told her he was still not hers . |
| 49 | There was an energy about her , a drive that told her , ‘ Keep going , Beth . |
| 50 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 51 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 52 | It was only the light from their own carriage lamps falling on the neglected driveway that told her they were approaching the house , and the salt smell that got stronger and stronger and seeped through the closed windows of the carriage . |
| 53 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
| 54 | He answered her with a look that told her nothing . |
| 55 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 56 | The count 's cold voice and his return to formality assured Maggie that he had seen this small action and now he sat beside her with a set look on his face that told her he might very well not speak for the whole of the journey . |
| 57 | She had glanced at him when directions were needed , observed his chiselled profile just for a moment , saw the unreadable expression , the tightness in his angular jaw , the closed look that told her his thoughts had moved on , were miles away from the insignificant circumstances of the foolish girl beside him . |
| 58 | She leant back against the wall of the barn for support , feeling the roughness of the stone against her bare shoulders , watching him , knowing the message in his gaze , that look that told her his kiss could be just the beginning . |
| 59 | The strength of his hard ribcage , the flat muscularity of his stomach and … her head swam dizzily … a delicious throbbing bulkiness that told her of his desire . |
| 60 | Everything about him was so dear to her now ; his smile , his face , the soft huskiness in his voice that told her he wanted her . |