Example sentences of "when [noun] tell her " in BNC.
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| 1 | As had happened the day before , the time simply flew for Fabia , so that she could again hardly believe it when Ven told her that they would take the funicular a little way down the hill to a restaurant where they would have lunch . |
| 2 | Annie 's voice all but went off the chromatic scale when Kelly told her that she was turning down Ibn Fayoud 's invitation . |
| 3 | When Sarah told her that he had been offered and refused a foreman 's job , Anne was bitterly angry that he had said nothing about it when they met the previous evening , but now she was unable to resist saying , ‘ Yes , that would be great , ’ as coolly as possible . |
| 4 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 5 | When Poirot tells her that Hastings has remarked that the house looked haunted she assures them that if there is a ghost it must be a friendly one , because she has had three escapes from death in as many days so she must bear a charmed life . |
| 6 | Hugo looked even more tired and strained than he had earlier , Harriet thought , and Sally was edgy and preoccupied though she seemed greatly relieved when Hugo told her that the insurance investigator , Tom O'Neill , had seemed satisfied with what he had been able to tell him and had not expressed any desire for a further interview or the need to come to the house to speak to Sally . |
| 7 | There will be time enough to worry when she finds out , when Philip tells her . |
| 8 | Mum was pleased as punch when she found that Mary had bought us new clothes , but she was not so pleased when Mary told her she could n't see them until the day of the wedding and took them straight up and locked them in her trunk . |
| 9 | Grace repeated in horror when Paula told her of her plans . |
| 10 | Her whole body relaxed when Beth told her with a measure of amusement , ‘ No , Peggy , but I might well have done if you had n't come in when you did . ’ |
| 11 | But she was a little worried when Inge told her , ‘ They have n't been back here , as far as I know . |
| 12 | When doctors told her early on January 26 that the baby was seriously ill and was being taken to theatre for an operation , she asked them : ‘ How come you left it so late ? ’ |
| 13 | Worse , Dr Neil was being so kind , when reason told her that no one would blame him if he turned her away for what she had done . |
| 14 | ‘ He was wrong , ’ Lee said when Larry told her . |
| 15 | But when magistrates told her she 'd be jailed for three months , she collapsed in the dock . |
| 16 | She broke down and wept bitterly when Wexford told her that that her husband 's supplementary income had come from a criminal source . |
| 17 | Meg was shocked when Carolyn told her about the baby . |
| 18 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 19 | He was even more irritated when Bunny told her she was to be interviewed by a reporter from the Manchester Daily News . |
| 20 | When Alice told her a little of how she felt ( some of it she could tell no one ) , and how she was angry with God as well as Belle Maman , Aunt Violet said God would understand : ‘ He is All Wise , Alice . |