Example sentences of "told [pron] she had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz telephoned her parents and told them she had been sick , but did not mention the overdose . |
| 2 | A client who hated her job told me she had been considering other options for two years , without taking any positive action . |
| 3 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 4 | Dana told me she had been a tougher nut for Daine to crack , and had had her mind scrambled and unscrambled several times . |
| 5 | She told me she had been a ghost for nearly twenty years . |
| 6 | ‘ Why , Taggy told me she had been obliged to deny entrance both to Tiverton and to Finchingfield . ’ |
| 7 | His humour was sometimes expressed in schoolboyish practical jokes , but he possessed also a quicksilver wit , as illustrated by his remark to Lady ( Margaret ) Keynes ( née Darwin ) , who told him she had been bitten by an ape at Gibraltar : ‘ He was having revenge on the Darwins . ’ |
| 8 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |