Example sentences of "told [pron] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " 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 | Mangon told them he had been unable to get work permits for a show at another venue . |
| 3 | His friend held my other hand and told me I 'd been brave . |
| 4 | ‘ Why , Taggy told me she had been obliged to deny entrance both to Tiverton and to Finchingfield . ’ |
| 5 | The speech sent shock waves through the medical profession , but the Prince had hit a nerve and , for all the criticism that was heaped on his head in the aftermath , the letters from the public told him he had been right . |
| 6 | When he did n't come , I told myself I 'd been foolish even to hope . |