Example sentences of "[vb past] told he [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I love you , ’ she told him , as she 'd told him many times before .
2 Molly had told him all about Mrs Curdle and gipsies ' ways .
3 Rufus grinned , for of course Adam had told him all about Hilbert 's will .
4 Elder Wiggs had told him all about Spanish Fork .
5 Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know .
6 He wondered why she had told him all this .
7 The reason he wanted desperately to get into the company was that Ninette de Valois , to whom he had already spoken about his choreographic ambitions , had told him that experience of working with other choreographers and dancing their ballets was essential to learn his craft .
8 ‘ I have a little headache , ’ she admitted , and that was the third lie she had told him that night .
9 Mother Benedicta had told him that Topaz loved him .
10 somebody had told him that .
11 She had told him half of her worry , but the other half she had kept to herself .
12 He said that an English sergeant who acted as orderly in the ‘ cooler ’ had told him this , and that he had promised to come back later in the day with some cigarettes for us .
13 He just did n't comprehend what she had told him this afternoon .
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