Example sentences of "had [adv] told " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were still a great many bodies to come in , the Army Medical Corps man had grimly told her . |
| 2 | Someone had mischievously told a boy that Brenda wanted him . |
| 3 | I had only told her , as truthfully as I could , whatever she asked me . |
| 4 | She had only told Glyn about it on the way here . |
| 5 | Marjorie had only told her what she had really always known — or , rather , what she now felt she had always known and hypocritically ignored . |
| 6 | He had obviously told the servants that he had accidentally set fire to his room by knocking over a lighted candle . |
| 7 | Her husband had obviously told her to find out who and what he is . ’ |
| 8 | The surgeon had apparently told the plaintiff about the risk of damage to the nerve roots but not of that to the spinal cord . |
| 9 | had basically told him he lived in the Stansted catchment area and we did n't need to do a deal with him , and that 's what irritated him |
| 10 | ‘ You have beautiful legs , ’ Ray tried , but one of the other men had already told her that . |
| 11 | Canada had already told the US embassy in Ottawa about the results of the London talks , and in February 1944 sent the State Department a draft 23-page convention for use in the proposed international conference . |
| 12 | He skimmed the accompanying text , which added little to what Francesca had already told him , filling up the two columns with a recital of Tristram 's career beginning with his legendary recording of ‘ Panis Angelicus ’ as a thirteen-year-old treble at St Joe 's . |
| 13 | He had already told me about his girl-friend , an American student of modern dance in West Berlin . |
| 14 | But in private he had already told Lord Home that he should prepare to succeed him , and the ‘ customary processes ’ duly resulted in Home being chosen . |
| 15 | The success of ‘ The Locomotion ’ confirmed what Gary Ashley 's instincts had already told him . |
| 16 | I moved to a different phase and involved myself in witch-like pursuits , looking for a special spell ( they had already told me what it was to be ) . |
| 17 | She was of course interested in his progress , but as he had already told them , a mother substitute had been appointed to give the child his direct physical care . |
| 18 | One glance confirmed what the noise had already told him . |
| 19 | She had n't taken part in the questioning but the others , Mair knew , would assume that that was because he had already told her the answers . |
| 20 | A hush of skirts had already told her the girls were coming down from upstairs . |
| 21 | Of course before they had any evidence on what the situation was in Donegal , the Minister for Energy had already told the Dail that the NEB had informed him that there was no evidence that prospecting would be hazardous . |
| 22 | She had already told Brian that Alex 's pied-à-terre was not suitable for two . |
| 23 | Dorothy had already told Isobel of the conversation that afternoon , so she was prepared ; but he found it difficult to get round to the real object of the visit . |
| 24 | No doubt Mrs Scott Wilson had already told Nicky . |
| 25 | He had already told her that Gioella 's husband , Signor de Grignano , was a very rich industrialist in Milan who had managed to treble his already substantial fortune during the war . |
| 26 | He had already told me on the Friday at the training session , and in front of about 20 of the lads , that I was n't in the team . |
| 27 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |
| 28 | Van Gelder had already told us that . |
| 29 | She then told me what she said she had already told the police and that there was no harm in telling me , to wit that Froggy had given her nearly two thousand quid to do up the kitchen and bathroom . ’ |
| 30 | Gimona claims SCO had already told Olivetti it would be refocusing on Intel some time ago . |