Example sentences of "had told [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often Morton had told himself savagely that there would soon be a point at which he would lose interest in the prospect of salvaging them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He had told himself : ‘ I must never believe that a lie is the truth . |
| 4 | He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge . |
| 5 | After rescuing McAllister just over a fortnight ago , he had told himself firmly , This must stop ! and himself had refused to listen . |
| 6 | Charles Harvey had spotted her drinking milky Nescafe at half-time , and had told himself that he should make inquiries as to who she was . |
| 7 | A higher power , he had told himself . |
| 8 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 9 | All the way from the Lock she had told herself that it was Gazzer who was lying . |
| 10 | So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do . |
| 11 | As she had told herself she must not , she saw the Scarabae reaching out , their agents in the surgery , the doctor listening , nodding . |
| 12 | I 'm being silly , it 's not important , she had told herself sternly as she had brushed her teeth before hurrying down for breakfast . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Until she had seen him without his clothes on — so she had told herself — Jessica had not been sure . |