Example sentences of "she tell [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While she filled the tank of the lady 's car she told her the legend of the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 2 | She told her the plain truth . |
| 3 | SHE TOLD me the story , but not before she had advised me that she was absolutely scandalized . |
| 4 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
| 5 | for Christmas , and it was delicious the way her mother made it so she started it with me writing it down , see , and she told me the ingredients and then she said you brews the ginger I thought |
| 6 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 7 | ILL-MANNERED Tories booed , hissed and slow-handclapped Brighton 's Labour mayor as she told them the hard facts of life in Major 's Britain . |
| 8 | Girls of various shapes and sizes paraded in front of the boys while she told them the prices so that they would be sure they had enough money on them . |
| 9 | Edouard ordered her a citron pressé , and then quietly listened as — slowly at first , then with gathering confidence — she told him the whole story . |
| 10 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 11 | Arriving at the School with Jasper and Bienvida in a borrowed beat-up Ford van , its roofrack loaded with launderette bags of clothes and its inside with her sticks of furniture ( sticks was the word ) , she told him the advertisement would only attract riff-raff . |
| 12 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
| 13 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 14 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 15 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 16 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 17 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |
| 18 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
| 19 | And had she told them the reason that was at the back of the suggestion , they would not have believed that either . |
| 20 | She tells me the only freedom is that of the imagination . |
| 21 | Glenys is really a strong critic , she tells me the truth , that 's the most important thing , because it simply would n't be any good living with a fan who said that everything you did was absolutely fine and perfect and wonderful , because nothing would have validity . |
| 22 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 23 | I mean , why did n't she tell me the truth , I can understand you know , I could , you know , I could perha if she 'd just tell me the truth you know tell me why she 's u , what she 's up to and that . |
| 24 | If he did , would she tell him the news ? |
| 25 | Should she tell him the truth , she wondered frantically , or stick with her lie ? |
| 26 | No way could she tell him the real reason . |