Example sentences of "[vb past] her that [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often capable-looking owners assured her that they were good at controlling their pets , but at the first sign of resistance they released their hold and the animal then became nervous and upset . |
| 2 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 3 | He assured her that he was unhappily married , never had sex with his wife though they slept in the same bed , and that they often thought of divorce . |
| 4 | They all assured her that he was probably a multi-millionaire . |
| 5 | Henry assured her that he was . |
| 6 | Anne worried that Sarah would be upset , but she assured her that she was perfectly happy , and certainly seemed so . |
| 7 | When Miss Fergusson politely suggested the name of Dr Parrot , the priest assured her that she was mistaken . |
| 8 | I told her that they were lathyrus . |
| 9 | With a foreboding which Harriet had experienced more than once in her life , something told her that they were in for trouble . |
| 10 | Out through the archway at the end of the mews , a couple of turns , and Josie told her that they were on Harley Street . |
| 11 | An increase in the noise level and glimpses of exotic vegetables told her that they were in a market street , and it seemed to the over-sensitive Meredith that Lucenzo was almost continually returning greetings and brushing off sympathetic offers of help . |
| 12 | Cos Brian told her that they were doing a census Sydenham . |
| 13 | Well , she just asked about a bed , so I told her that we were |
| 14 | ‘ She wanted to know where we all met and I told her that it was through the vibe . |
| 15 | Dad told her that it was settled but he warned her she must never borrow again He warned Frankie and me as well . |
| 16 | The signpost outside the post office told her that it was ten miles to Abbotsfield and twenty-five to Bristol . |
| 17 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 18 | He told her that it was limited to secure £60,000 and would be released in a short time . |
| 19 | Her instinct told her that it was something far more worrying . |
| 20 | Thomas told her that it was the Hunters . |
| 21 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 22 | Feeling surprised that she was no nearer solving the enigma of Mark Vila , she tried to find something to take her mind off things , toying with the idea of running a couple of black and white Marlene Dietrich movies , but a glance at her watch told her that it was already late in the afternoon . |
| 23 | He told her that he was going to continue writing to her , nothing deterred by her cold reply or rather lack of a reply . |
| 24 | And the fellow who told her that he was from another planet . |
| 25 | Pen had hung flags on the balcony of the Casa Guidi — one French , one Italian — and told her that he was paid in scudi to give to the war if he did his lessons well . |
| 26 | Then , changing the subject , he told her that he was going to be the new head of economic analysis at Chessington-Harris . |
| 27 | He had sworn at her , jeered at her , called her a lump of cold batter , told her to get to the devil , told her that he was sick of the sight of her , that he had married her for her money , that if she gave him any more of her canting preaching he 'd hit her one that she 'd remember . |
| 28 | But soon after his marriage to Margaret Cairns White in 1937 , he told her that he was not British but American . |
| 29 | He told her that he was well and that he missed her a lot . |
| 30 | That idea had occurred to her before now , but a gut feeling told her that he was still living locally . |