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 always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
4 | No one had ever told her this before — not even Sam Baldwin , who wanted to marry her . |
5 | 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 ) . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |