Example sentences of "tell [pron] she [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't believe that it is only seven months since Lynn told me she had a four-year-old who was ‘ a really nice sort . ’ |
| 2 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |
| 3 | But earlier this year she told him she wanted a divorce . |
| 4 | It 's thought that the husband killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself after she told him she wanted a divorce Their bodies were found by their daughter . |
| 5 | But earlier this year she told him she wanted a divorce and flew back to Britain with her children , three year old Shaun and one year old Ashley . |
| 6 | By lunchtime she was distinctly unwell and the school nurse told her she had a temperature and sent her home . |
| 7 | She 'd told him she wanted a break from her own very successful career — that had been bending the truth more than a little , but taking over the club , putting her own life on hold for a little while , had seemed a small price to pay for her father 's health . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll tell him she made a run for it , we had no choice . ’ |
| 9 | On the way home in the taxi ( Nigel was indulging them for once — he could n't let Gina use her bike under the circumstances ) he took delight in telling her she had a spot on her backside . |