Example sentences of "to tell her [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And nowadays coaches had lavatories and armchairs and dear little hostesses whom Laura liked to induce to tell her their life stories . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Then I offered to tell her my secret if she did n't tell anyone else . |
| 4 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 5 | All her energies were too busy focusing on how much she disliked this man , who had not even deigned to tell her his name as yet , even though he knew hers . |
| 6 | to tell her his heart overflows , |
| 7 | He wanted to tell her his life-story , not hear her own . |