Example sentences of "[noun sg] told [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tread warily , the lawyer told himself . |
| 2 | Cormac , she thought , or even Mrs O'Neill , remembering Kathleen 's doll , but then the next moment told herself she was crazy . |
| 3 | His mother and father told themselves that he was only six and was bound to change , but the incident that had made his grandfather King already coloured his life . |
| 4 | On the other hand this skulking novelist told himself in a notebook , as we recall , ‘ I am a character ’ ; and there is every reason why the narrating ‘ I ’ of The Possessed should be perfectly visible . |
| 5 | All this Kathleen Lavender told herself , knowing that it would never be voiced aloud , but even the thoughts were some small comfort . |
| 6 | Great skill would have to be exercised , Lavender told herself , and great secrecy observed if she was to come out of this exploit alive . |