Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] her [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She was so badly injured that she was able only to tell them her name .
2 ‘ I was n't , ’ Maggie replied , and went on to tell them her tale .
3 The doctor said , ‘ I am here attending a patient , and I have to tell you her story .
4 Ruth began to tell him her dream of Fand , the Drowned Forest , and the Isle of Fincara under the sea .
5 As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead .
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