Example sentences of "[noun] that tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 2 | Okay if I can just erm give you my business card that tells you who I am |
| 3 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 4 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 5 | This clearly allows the bilingual audience — and one 's knowledge of a language does not have to be particularly broad for one to know the rude words — to appreciate a pun that tells us much of the character of the fabliau : the essential place of the con in the conte . |
| 6 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 7 | A FRIEND of mine , an artist , used surlily to describe those books that tell you that , unskilled as you are , you too can write bestsellers , cook like Escoffier and play the piano like Rubenstein if you carry out the simple instructions , as ‘ any idiot can draw books ’ . |
| 8 | Pictures that tells us our Royals ca n't bear to be together … |
| 9 | If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In addition to the firearms that tell us about and the door opener , was any other equipment issued to the officers ? |
| 13 | She saw that look come into his eyes again — the look that told her so clearly how little she meant to him . |
| 14 | He answered her with a look that told her nothing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | What are the signs that tell us whether or not we are making genuine progress in a particular area of study ? |
| 17 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 20 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ The hardest part of being a fat person is that it 's not just your imagination that tells you you do n't count . |
| 23 | He smiled again , a sad , lonely smile that told her he was still not hers . |
| 24 | I think it was Kerry that tell us . |
| 25 | Sets of boundary conditions that tell us the state of some regions of the universe at a certain time and what effects propagate into it subsequently from the rest of the universe . |
| 26 | They can feed the hard , round ball which is the head , the softer round rump , and the firm back that tells them which direction the baby if facing . |
| 27 | It consists mainly of a diagram of the shape , plus figures that tell you about the sizes , stitches and rows . |
| 28 | Then , by putting my ear to the handle , I hear sounds that tell me whether or not the blade is close to either rabbit or ferret . |
| 29 | I can walk out or , and get erm , you know tonnes of any any shop I can get pornography that tells me that , or tell any man who chooses to buy that magazine that 's it okay to take a women even if she says no . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't see the pinkish glow that tells you the fire is ready , ’ Lucy said in agreement . |