Example sentences of "had told [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 2 | ‘ If they had told me Mama was dead , ’ Artemis had told Rosie gravely , ‘ I would have understood , you see . |
| 3 | He must be more patient and brace himself up to realise that he was the only person who could tackle the present chaotic state of affairs , ' This was the fourth time the King had told MacDonald that he would not accept his resignation . |
| 4 | In his summing-up , Mr Justice Drake had told jurors to remember that the ‘ hurt ’ caused to Mr Donovan lasted less than a year and would end with a verdict in his favour . |
| 5 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 6 | On April 30 de Klerk had told parliament that political prisoners still in prison would be freed within days , and he criticized the ANC for allegedly failing to provide a list of those it regarded as political detainees until April 25 [ see p. 38131 ] . |
| 7 | Holmes had told Stapleton that he would return to London , but he had not said that I was going too . |
| 8 | Suppose that nephew had told uncle that he intended to break off the engagement and uncle had written : ‘ I am disappointed to hear you are thinking of breaking off your engagement . |
| 9 | It was as though he held his breath , his whole being concentrated on that chunk of gleaming piezo quartz centred , as he had told Jezrael , above one of the underground cables laid between Spiderglass Southern and their base on the populated equator . |
| 10 | At home , Faye pronounced herself satisfied with the haircut , but her praise was given absently , and after she had told Belinda to hurry and dress as the guests were due at five , she said too casually , ‘ And before you go , love , would you get me a couple of Panadols ? |
| 11 | Miller had told Richardson that he hoped to correspond with Dr Alston , King 's Professor of Botany in Edinburgh … ‘ a man of learning and has good skill in distinguishing plants and a great share of modesty ’ . |
| 12 | In April Neville Chamberlain had told Davidson he must give up his post as party Chairman . |
| 13 | That was what Josey had told Lisa when she 'd finally got home , flush-faced and anxious , still upset from her angry encounter with Alexander Vass and worried sick about little Emily . |
| 14 | That 's what he had told Grimm . |
| 15 | Huy said nothing , resisting the urge to ask Merymose why he had told Kenamun of his meeting with Surere , and wondering if the Medjay would give an explanation . |
| 16 | The labour master explained that on admission he had told Connolly to break 1 cwt. of stone , and had received the information that Connolly did not break stones and that he , the labour master , could break the stones himself . |
| 17 | The indictment added that Mr Buckley , 44 , of Prince Regent Street , Leith , had been severely injured in the blast and covered with debris and although Sutherland knew he was trapped , he had told rescuers that no-one was inside . |
| 18 | Another part of her mind was still registering the fact that , at some time during last evening , Luke must have mentioned her impending departure to Sam who , presumably , had told Anna . |
| 19 | Presumably his parents had told Vincent that they had invited her . |
| 20 | He had told Fahfakhs that the young man wanted to marry Claudia , and perhaps he thought that the district officer was laughing at him and treating him with contempt . |
| 21 | He had told Fahfakhs that Tepilit had actually killed a lion for the film that Claudia was making with Leavitt , whose name I had reminded him of . |
| 22 | He had told Ladislav when the Communists came to power : ‘ This is the beginnings of a police state . ’ |
| 23 | The producer shrugged , adding that he knew no more than what he had told Blanche before . |
| 24 | The two men had told Comfort that she would just love it . |
| 25 | Last night she had told Roger that her name was Bridget ; yet to the Blessington-Dalrymples he had introduced her as Breeze . |
| 26 | Anna kept to the hotel room ; she had told Constanza something unspeakable had happened , Never question me . |
| 27 | Dorothea had told Florence Ames the story of Gaily in the church twice before , and neither of them was yet tired of it , Dorothea because it pleased her friend so to hear it , and Florence because it pleased her that the man had been somehow vindicated , turned out to be as good as she had thought , and a friend . |
| 28 | China , Rachel had told Maggie , was the place for dragons , where it was hot , and where in the villages great paper ones were paraded with veneration . |
| 29 | His slight smile and a shrug had told Trent that this , too , was n't personal , just part of the job … |
| 30 | He had told Lili about Ecalpemos before they married . |