Example sentences of "have told [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's because somebody has told them that bald is ugly , bald is n't ugly , it 's . |
| 2 | ‘ He has told me all he had to tell . |
| 3 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
| 4 | ‘ He has told me all your story , or as much as he knows . |
| 5 | He has told me that … ’ |
| 6 | The superintendent of police in my area has told me that , were we to round up about 150 people in the county of Cleveland , it would eradicate about 80 per cent . |
| 7 | Ms Hurst , who works at Unilever 's environmental engineering department in Port Sunlight , Wirral , said : ‘ The family has told me that Berend is making great strides towards a full recovery . |
| 8 | ‘ He has told me some very important things . ’ |
| 9 | A county council has told its entire staff that they can no longer smoke in their offices , and if they want a cigarette they must have it in their own time . |
| 10 | ‘ Who has told you that ? ’ |
| 11 | I suppose Bev has told you this bit . |
| 12 | A Saga Holidays spokeswoman has told us that Saga contracted rooms with the Roman Hotel a year ago for this season . |
| 13 | Experience has told us that rural people often perceive their own problems differently from the accepted establishment viewpoint , and it is the development of the perception , whether we consider the opinions right or wrong , which we must cultivate if we are seriously looking for long-term solutions . |
| 14 | The National Health has told us one and a half percent if we want an extra day 's holiday , if we want an extra day 's holiday , then we would have to take three days , we could take two , that would leave us with half a percent . |
| 15 | One — that ‘ pennant has told us more than perhaps one in ten thousand could have done in the time that he took . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I love you , ’ she told him , as she 'd told him many times before . |
| 17 | I remembered another story they 'd told me that day of the first snowfall : it was about a hunt several years ago , on a day like this . |
| 18 | I wonder if — I wish you 'd told me that , Alan . |
| 19 | ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’ |
| 20 | If you 'd told me all those years ago , I would have grown up with the idea of another mother , perhaps miles away , perhaps just around the corner . |
| 21 | I only wish you 'd told me this earlier . |
| 22 | If you 'd told me this in the make-up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey . |
| 23 | She said , ‘ I wish he 'd told me this himself . ’ |
| 24 | There was a ring of sadness in his voice which she found puzzling until she remembered something from the past — Eddie 's voice repeating what he 'd told her all those years ago at the Oulton Park circuit . |
| 25 | I should have thought he 'd told you all about it by now , or do n't you two ever communicate properly ? |
| 26 | I mean if if you 'd told you that dad was coming down which |
| 27 | Now if you 'd 've told us that last Thursday we 'd 've thought |
| 28 | Oh did n't you know , I could 've told you that you know then we got to know all the all the things when it was too late but as regards my mother telling us anything brrr no . |
| 29 | Her mother , who had been fading hitherto , returned to fill the black hole by the kitchen sink or to confront Helen on the stairs , saying smugly that she could have told her all along what to expect . |
| 30 | Who could ever have told her that love could be this good ? |