Example sentences of "had told [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes had been open in a fixed and vacant stare , and the waxen tinge to her skin had told its own tale . |
| 2 | She was never to think of that dream without some of its investing emotions , shame and irritation , even after a man at a party in 1969 had told her such dreams are dreamed typically by those unlikely to fail plausible and real exams . |
| 3 | Celia served the cold cucumber soup hot , and burnt the steak even though Christina had told her numerous times that Stephen liked his steak rare . |
| 4 | Emma had told her several times she did not wish to be repaid . |
| 5 | As Vass had told her last night , the damage was n't too bad . |
| 6 | This , Gaston had told her last night , was a local custom which indicated the popularity of the bride in the community . |
| 7 | It was hardly even a coincidence ( Charles had told his Aquitanian supporters little more than a fortnight before to follow him northwards , and envoys from Lothar found no difficulty in locating Charles at Troyes on Easter Monday , 18 April ) . |
| 8 | Although he had told his own secret , he had not discovered Dorian 's secret . |