Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished she 'd told him she was going to see her friend before he got into the car . |
| 2 | I thought you 'd told him I were having a couple of days |
| 3 | Now he 'd told me he was going up to the Cathedral . |
| 4 | ‘ The last time I went to see a specialist about my knee , I was ready to pack it in if he 'd told me I was facing another year out . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd told her I was doing contract construction work in the Middle East . |
| 6 | Before she had solved it she was distracted by a general movement in the room . |
| 7 | The Benefits Agency had told him it was taking action to identify the loans concerned and transfer them back into the system . |
| 8 | She had told him she was fed up with plays about love — which she spelled out ‘ l-u-v ’ as if she were saying ‘ b-e-d ’ to another grown-up in front of a child who might be going to throw a tantrum — and that she wanted to hear about some public issues for a change . |
| 9 | His sister — she was a couple of years older than him , blonde where he was dark , and running away — last night she had told him she was running away . |
| 10 | She had told him she was promised that evening to Charles Harvey , who was taking her to Jeffrey Archer 's party . |
| 11 | It must have been such a shock for him when Maria Luisa had told him she was going to marry Steve . |
| 12 | No-body had told them we were expected . |
| 13 | He had told me he was going all the way to Stornoway and I could tell that it was quite an event . |
| 14 | If someone had told her what was going to happen she would have laughed in their face . |
| 15 | She had n't yet seen his own advertisement in that morning 's paper , but he had told her he was putting one in . |
| 16 | Nobody had told her it was to happen ; she had thought she was being brought here to be examined , and then the dentist had put a rubber mask over her face . |
| 17 | I had told her I was struggling , had no sponsors and no Sports Aid Foundation help . |
| 18 | Zaria , a relatively new old friend , had been persuaded to stay over that Sunday night as I had convinced her I was missing my faithful feline companion Springsteen , who was back in Hackney guarding the flat we shared . |
| 19 | Julie had asked him what was going on but he 'd rushed out without telling her , mumbling only that it was important and that he did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 20 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 21 | The second agency had warned him he was entering into a contract by giving his credit card number . |
| 22 | Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . |