Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 2 | Interestingly , it was not , as is usual , the noise that told us we were approaching a large nesting cliff , but an almost overpowering smell of guano . |
| 3 | It was the veil that told it was not the garden , then the hat that went to race-meetings and the dressing-case made up the rest of the story : Maman was going away . |
| 4 | She saw that look come into his eyes again — the look that told her so clearly how little she meant to him . |
| 5 | He answered her with a look that told her nothing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He smiled again , a sad , lonely smile that told her he was still not hers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 13 | Beneath the fabric of his borrowed shirt , her fingers trapped and twisted his skin in a burning pinch that told him she intended to deal with him later . |
| 14 | There was an energy about her , a drive that told her , ‘ Keep going , Beth . |
| 15 | What she should have done was obey the voice that told her to pass right along the car . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A large hand pushed her head down to her knees , and automatically she obeyed the voice that told her to protect herself with her arms . |
| 18 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
| 19 | I 'm quite sure that when she said that , come see a man that told me everything I did , she did n't just leave it there , but she 'd have put such words as and he did n't condemn me he did n't berate me he did n't point a judgemental finger at me , but he loved me ! |
| 20 | Maybe he was looking at a book that told you things like that . |
| 21 | In Darlington , Robert visited an agency that told him it was unable to help him find accommodation in Newton Aycliffe . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |