Example sentences of "[noun sg] told her that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Her instinct told her that it was something far more worrying . |
| 4 | Dad told her that it was settled but he warned her she must never borrow again He warned Frankie and me as well . |
| 5 | The signpost outside the post office told her that it was ten miles to Abbotsfield and twenty-five to Bristol . |