Example sentences of "had told [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 2 | Her eyes had been open in a fixed and vacant stare , and the waxen tinge to her skin had told its own tale . |
| 3 | ‘ I have a little headache , ’ she admitted , and that was the third lie she had told him that night . |
| 4 | The reason he wanted desperately to get into the company was that Ninette de Valois , to whom he had already spoken about his choreographic ambitions , had told him that experience of working with other choreographers and dancing their ballets was essential to learn his craft . |
| 5 | Mother Benedicta had told him that Topaz loved him . |
| 6 | He just did n't comprehend what she had told him this afternoon . |
| 7 | Since Janine had told them that morning that she was pregnant , her whole world had fallen apart . |
| 8 | They had ignored the seriousness of the news bulletins that night and taken a trip down the Mersey on the Royal Iris to celebrate the finishing of their bedroom , though Mr Chamberlain had told them next day that they were at war with Germany . |
| 9 | As Vass had told her last night , the damage was n't too bad . |
| 10 | This , Gaston had told her last night , was a local custom which indicated the popularity of the bride in the community . |
| 11 | If anybody had told me this time last year that we 'd find another pyramid at Giza , I 'd have said they were crazy ’ . |
| 12 | that copper man had told me this morning |
| 13 | And she told him all that Irene had told her that morning . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry about your father , ’ Ross had told her one morning before leaving for work . |
| 15 | Although he had told his own secret , he had not discovered Dorian 's secret . |
| 16 | It was the happening that we Hastings children had dreaded ever since our Junior School Headmaster , who also taught Physics , had told us one day in class . |