Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 2 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 3 | ‘ I did warn you the soup was hot . ’ |
| 4 | Somewhere en route the Ouvéa met up with the French nuclear submarine Rubis and after the trio of DGSE agents had boarded her the yacht was sunk . |
| 5 | He had never forgotten the day in the bide shed when Nutty had told him the horses were going back to the knacker 's , and the fearful panic that had exploded inside him , worse than any brushes with the police or his father , worse than anything he could ever remember . |
| 6 | By Thursday , some journalists were reporting that a Royal aide had told them the marriage was ‘ clearly not made in heaven ’ . |
| 7 | I had wept back in the office after Mr Charles had told me the Scharnhorst was steaming up the channel unchallenged . |
| 8 | Universal , who had advanced him the $850,000 were even prepared for the fact that it challenged the American Dream and attacked American society for ‘ destroying itself ’ , told through its hero — played by Dennis — who is a Hollywood stunt man devoured by his quest for big cars , swimming pools and gorgeous girls . |
| 9 | She was n't quite sure why the possibility that it was Luke Hunter who had sent her the flowers was so disturbing … |