Example sentences of "[pron] had tell [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did at first when I lost my son but I had to tell myself it was an accident , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I did when I lost my son but I had to tell myself it was an accident ’ Louise Davies |
| 3 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 4 | All the way from the Lock she had told herself that it was Gazzer who was lying . |
| 5 | So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do . |
| 6 | As she had told herself she must not , she saw the Scarabae reaching out , their agents in the surgery , the doctor listening , nodding . |
| 7 | I 'm being silly , it 's not important , she had told herself sternly as she had brushed her teeth before hurrying down for breakfast . |
| 8 | If he 'd loved her — if he 'd cared for her even marginally , he would have been there , she had told herself , weeping inwardly , as her flight was called . |
| 9 | Until she had seen him without his clothes on — so she had told herself — Jessica had not been sure . |
| 10 | You had to tell yourself , again and again , that there were links between all the little homes , filaments that tensed and hummed with power when the time came . |
| 11 | When he had left Sarah at Maggie Byrne 's hovel that fateful day last December he had told himself she was no different from a hundred other girls . |
| 12 | He had told himself : ‘ I must never believe that a lie is the truth . |
| 13 | He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge . |
| 14 | After rescuing McAllister just over a fortnight ago , he had told himself firmly , This must stop ! and himself had refused to listen . |
| 15 | A higher power , he had told himself . |