Example sentences of "she 'd tell [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't tell you before , because I did n't want you thinking it was n't convenient to come and stay or something , darling ! ’ she 'd told her apologetically over coffee after lunch . |
| 2 | That time she 'd told me how lonely and abandoned she felt when she was with her husband , those confessional words , ‘ lonely and abandoned ’ , which usually would have me cringing all over the place , made me shiver . |
| 3 | The mysterious Fox — I was more certain than ever that he was Special Branch now — that wretched young woman lying there in the mortuary , and I remembered my unease when she 'd told me how she had returned that file at the Records Office . |
| 4 | One thing emphasised by every girl here who had delayed telling her parents about her pregnancy was that looking back , each wished she 'd told them earlier , since the consequences were never as bad as she 'd feared . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose you think me shameless for telling you I want you so badly , ’ she 'd told him shyly . |
| 6 | He 'd once used almost those exact words , and she seemed to recall that she 'd told him not to be so crude . |
| 7 | They had n't made an arrangement to meet , even , she had visitors coming for the night , official ones to see her father , she had to help him ‘ entertain' , she 'd told him not to phone at all . |