Example sentences of "she [adv] tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , no , I now rank as an important contact , a senior opinion-former , or so she flatteringly told me . |
| 2 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |
| 3 | Later I asked Mala the original of that unlikely nickname , but she merely told me , with a faint blush , that is was none of my business . |
| 4 | No , she only told me that the other day yeah she is |
| 5 | She not told me she 's no pins sticking in her . |
| 6 | no , no cos she just told me this morning you were going to see her work in the morning . |
| 7 | erm , oh what did Pat tell me ? , she just told me yesterday |
| 8 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 9 | Dad , dad , Auntie has to go somewhere I do n't know where , but she just told me to call you cos it 's quarter past fifteen minutes past six or is it seven ? |
| 10 | No until she just told me now . |
| 11 | But she just told me she wanted her hair done . |
| 12 | MAX : She always told me you did n't believe in Freud . |
| 13 | But she always told me |
| 14 | She always tells me when she 's wet her pants , and understands everything that 's said to her , so why wo n't she cooperate on this ? |
| 15 | No er when Maggie 's talking , if she knows it 's on she always tells me when to stop it . |
| 16 | Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’ |
| 17 | She calmly told me that the police had called round and that Nassim had been looking for me . |
| 18 | ‘ I know where every bone in a chicken is , ’ she once told me , licking her fingers as she removed the umpteenth . |
| 19 | She once told me that she could never commit suicide because of her curiosity about what was going to happen next . |
| 20 | She felt guilty , she once told me . |
| 21 | ‘ An old woman of ninety — she 's dead now but she used to live near here — she once told me there was an ancient noble family of a name like yours , who came from here originally . |
| 22 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 23 | She once told me , in a voice full of hatred and contempt , that Mandy and Debby have been known to do escort work , the deal being as follows : the punter pays the agency £15 per date , of which the chick gets two . |
| 24 | Even though she once told me she did n't really care much for men , she said it was fun to see the way they reacted to her . |
| 25 | She still went to church occasionally , she loved the singing , and in spite of her husband 's example , she still told me ‘ Not to take the Lord 's name in vain . ’ |
| 26 | Nell was sitting at a table with a fortyish couple who she later told me owned one of the horses in the box-car , a dark bay called Redi-Hot . |
| 27 | She probably told me and it did n't stick . |
| 28 | She also told me she had identified in the recently-arrived Assistant Director of Studies at the British Council/ Institute , Steve Jenkinson , a likely collaborator . |
| 29 | ‘ She also told me she is going to ask you to help her in a little project , ’ he said , grinning mischievously . |
| 30 | She also told me that there had been no evidence of evictions , but , however hon. Members interpret it , the evidence given to the Select Committee by Mr. Harris of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities was clear . |