Example sentences of "she told " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told me that she was eight years old , the eldest of six children , when the security men came to the army camp to arrest her father , an officer in the Moroccan army , in 1972 . |
| 2 | She told me it was your smile that did it . |
| 3 | it did not pacify Madge , he wrote , and when he told her they could have another go at it the following month she told him she had had enough . |
| 4 | And she told Sergeant Bramble . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There are a few details I want to clear up with the other girls , ’ she told me . |
| 6 | In it , she told me she 'd had a daughter . |
| 7 | ‘ It belongs to the Customs and Excise mob , ’ she told me . |
| 8 | She told me . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 10 | ‘ We have neighbours , ’ she told Francis , her coworker . |
| 11 | Steady , she told herself , we are here to work . |
| 12 | Cool it , Jay ! she told herself , this is all very new . |
| 13 | And the exhibition would be important , she told herself , when a flow of desire swept her away at the thought of being with Lucy , time allotted to their togetherness . |
| 14 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 15 | Easy , she told herself , easy . |
| 16 | You ca n't make love at pistol point … her being filled with remorse , and she checked herself from flinging her arms round Lucy : steady , Jay , she told herself , we 're only seconds away from no , nay , never . |
| 17 | Chin up , Jay , she told herself , you needed to hear that . |
| 18 | She told her how beautiful they were , how there had never been such a blue . |
| 19 | Go on , she told the voice with deadpan strength , futile , fat , fifty , is that your worst ? |
| 20 | As do the stories she told him . |
| 21 | She told him . |
| 22 | ‘ Your roughs look really good , Charles , ’ she told the graphic designer . |
| 23 | In her letter she told him about her job , her salary and the contract she had won yesterday . |
| 24 | She told him . |
| 25 | ‘ Simon has been asking to meet you all evening , ’ she told Maggie . |
| 26 | That 's not true , she told herself . |
| 27 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 28 | ‘ Mr Duke had lived with Miss Jones , ’ he told Lord Donaldson , the Master of the Rolls , sitting with two other judges , ‘ and she told him that Mrs Sutcliffe had negotiated a contract with The Mail on Sunday . |
| 29 | She told the Association of District Councils ' housing conference in Southampton she would announce a review of the regulations to see how such parties could be controlled . |
| 30 | She told him of her unhappiness , but she knew that , because of his love of the house , it would be difficult to convince him to move . |