Example sentences of "had [adv] tell [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have beautiful legs , ’ Ray tried , but one of the other men had already told her that . |
| 2 | Van Gelder had already told us that . |
| 3 | He had not told her all he knew , she was sure of that , but he had confirmed her deduction about the provenance of the Durance paintings although he had stressed she could prove nothing . |
| 4 | He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
| 5 | No one had ever told her this before — not even Sam Baldwin , who wanted to marry her . |
| 6 | She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) . |
| 7 | But Minch had often told him that faith in Callanish waxed and waned through time as the wind itself changes through the day , and that eagles often forgot it , and wanted to forget . |
| 8 | They had n't told her that and she would need to know . |
| 9 | Letterman had previously told me that flashback is a device which must be used sparingly , yet now he was a plausible advocate for this treatment . |