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Example sentences for "tell her"

  • Tell her to say anything, do anything, she wishes; but not to go away without speaking, not to leave THAT between us when she goes!

  • She never does what I tell her anyway, so it doesn't matter what I call her.

  • If America starts in annexing islands she will need people to tell her how it is generally done and it is generally done, I find, by the English.

  • If she objects, tell her it is my particular wish; and if she resists, say I shall come and fetch her in case of contumacy.

  • Tell her to be ready by to-morrow then; and here is the schoolroom key: I will give you the key of my cottage in the morning.

  • If," said I, "you would just step upstairs and tell her I am come, I should be much obliged to you.

  • Dickon stopped weeding and sat up on his heels to tell her.

  • Tell her we are grateful, Dickon--extremely grateful.

  • I tell her what th' skippin'-rope's done for thee.

  • I merely came to tell her, seriously, what a betrothal by deceased parents is.

  • I merely came to tell her that it could not be considered binding, against any such reason for its dissolution as a want of affection, or want of disposition to carry it into effect, on the side of either party.

  • We wonder whether she knows about certain means, but one simply can't tell her.

  • It's not three weeks yet since Mother was buried, but in one way we feel as if she had already been dead three years, and in another way one is always suddenly wanting to go into her room, to ask her something or tell her something.

  • I know a great deal more than Hella now, but I can't tell her because of betraying Dora and Mad.

  • I never tell anyone that I want to cry when I am listening to music, not even Hella, though I tell her everything, except of course about Mad.

  • When he knew her well enough to tell her how he spent Monday and Wednesday and Saturday, she was still more amused; she laughed till he laughed, too, without knowing why.

  • I didn't tell her why I came home, because she doesn't believe in them either.

  • The Queen, seeing the picture, expressed delight and volunteered to tell her son, King Victor Emmanuel, about it.

  • Suddenly I remembered Gignoux, but even as I was about to tell her of the incident Antoinette appeared in the doorway.

  • Tell her that Mr. David Ritchie is here," I said.

  • It was impossible to look into her face and not tell her.

  • It's--it's sumpthing I forgot to tell her.

  • You heard her tell me to tell her; didn't you, Sam?

  • There was only one way of completely reassuring the good woman, and that was to tell her all.

  • One of her scandalized neighbors (Mrs. Nathan Pereles, it was) had taken her aside to tell her that no decent woman would dress that way.

  • Tell her I have often wondered about that little girl in the red cap and the black curls.

  • Tell her not to let the brother spoil his life that way.

  • If you want to tell her, you had better do it now.

  • Shall I tell her I have come to give her up and cannot marry her?

  • And remember this, if she does not know what has become of me, she will think more about me than if I tell her flatly I have come to give her up.

  • Dave bent down and patted her, to tell her he'd meant no harm when he stretched out his legs, and then he settled down again.

  • I'd tell her I had to go to Sydney on business, or Out-Back to look after some stock.

  • Tell her I'm very much obliged to her indeed.

  • I had intended that night to tell her of my love and place my fate in her hands, but, of course, the unfortunate occurrence made that impossible.

  • Then he asked me to tell her he was coming over to-morrow morning to fix it up with her.

  • Who was to tell her that it was because his whole heart and soul had gone to her that he had kissed her?


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tell her" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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