Example sentences of "she tell [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Now let me prop you up , ’ she told her briskly .
2 ‘ I thought you 'd make it for me , ’ Dana faltered ; usually Claudia would leap to do her twin 's bidding , but this morning she told her where the coffee lived , turned her back and went back to sleep .
3 It was necessary , she told her persuasively , that she leave sanctuary for the time being .
4 ‘ You 've most certainly got the ability , ’ she told her earnestly , ‘ and you 're a good worker if you like , I 'll write to your father .
5 She had the terrible feeling that if she told her too much , gave her an excuse to poke and pry , somehow , all the safe fabric of their lives would be rent apart .
6 She told her how beautiful they were , how there had never been such a blue .
7 ‘ I wo n't allow those to go out , ’ she told me again and again .
8 ‘ It is necessary to have connections , you do not understand , ’ she told me when I remarked on the fact , though even the normally impassive Czechs leapt to their feet and gallantly opened doors for her at every available opportunity .
9 She told me when we were staying there that she 'd been trying to conceive ever since her wedding . ’
10 She told me when I come out of prison .
11 She told me when she came round . ’
12 She told me where to find Katelina , ’ Nicholas said .
13 She told me here 's your keys now she said because you 've lost a set .
14 It occurred to Mrs Hobbs , so she told me later , but she said nothing to me then .
15 ( She told me later she 'd just been in hospital .
16 She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence .
17 ‘ You 'll never guess what 's happened ! ’ she told me sadly .
18 ‘ She agreed to marry me , but she told me straight away that she would n't be able to live in England all the time , and I told her I could n't live in L.A.
19 She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't !
20 ‘ This is no time for crying , ’ she told me firmly .
21 She told me not to make a fuss over such a small thing .
22 The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous .
23 She told me not to be embarrassed about asking Diana to do the washing up and so on . ’
24 She told me not to be silly and went and reported me .
25 She told me not to come round she did !
26 So he did n't actually speak to her — that 's what she told me anyway . ’
27 As far as she was concerned , she told me over and over again , we were responsible for Dennis 's death .
28 ‘ Oh , I love , I love , ’ she told me over and over , ‘ I put nothing in my letters to you .
29 She told me off .
30 And I missed that in the seventies and eighties , and my wife said you know you 're mad , towards the late eighties she told me off , she said you 're mad , you 'll spend your life looking for something that you 've already got , for god 's sake just concentrate on what you r are , you 're an actor , do that , perform .
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