Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pron] told she " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 2 | He smiled a harsh smile and held her eyes as he told her , ‘ You may be able to offer Kirsty a comfortable single-parent home in London , but I can offer her a great deal more than that … ’ |
| 3 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 4 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 5 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 6 | I think my mum is still in a state of shock after I told her about my Irish selection . ’ |
| 7 | There was a touch of steel as he told her , ‘ We 'll be leaving as soon as you 've had breakfast . ’ |
| 8 | It broke 'er 'eart when 'e told 'er 'e was orf ter India . ’ |
| 9 | I think Stephanie cos I told her and she goes , Oh good . |
| 10 | Another friend , ‘ E ’ , reacted in a different way when I told her . |
| 11 | She remembered her thoughts as he told her he was as shocked as her , and that he wanted it to continue … her heart skipped beats frantically . |
| 12 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
| 13 | went up five pounds , my sister done her nut till I told her how much ours was . |
| 14 | She gave me sandwiches and coffee while I told her of Mrs Zamzam 's flight from the village in 1948 . |
| 15 | Helen watched Culley 's face while he told her about Josh Reid and the child . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ She even shook my hand a second time after I told her I had full-blown AIDS . ’ |
| 17 | So did my mother when I told her . |
| 18 | Visions of her mother 's angry face when she told her what she knew changed into dreams of Nigel , back in hospital with bandages on his head , and David Kent with a Porsche , laughing and saying it was his now . |