Example sentences of "she [vb past] tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
2 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
3 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
4 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
5 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
6 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
7 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |