Example sentences of "had tell him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She had told him a lie about Auntie Lou going for a walk up the mountain and Auntie Lou did n't know what she 'd said . |
2 | She had told him a tale , looking slyly at him while she played with his left hand . |
3 | He 'd liked the story well enough , admittedly , given a fairly good display to his half-dozen column inches yesterday ; but when Mike had told him the press conference to which Briant had agreed could make a much better story , he had n't seemed to think much of it . |
4 | Kenneth had told him the story , years ago , about when Fergus put Lachy Watt 's eye out ; he 'd stuck a fossil bone in it , or something . |
5 | Cora-Beth had told him the night before that there were letters and cards awaiting him from England , all of which had ‘ Not To Be Opened Until 5 Jan. ’ on the envelopes , so she had extracted a promise from him to leave them on his bedside table until this morning . |
6 | He was the one person within his household who had told him the truth ; he had been his eyes and ears in the community , voiced the opinions of the man in the street . |
7 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
8 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
9 | The doctors had told him the truth about his health and , though he was not doomed as a man , it must be the end of his political life . |
10 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
11 | I had to tell him the news myself |