Example sentences of "have told " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it was four in the morning , he 'd have told them what to do with their water main . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you . |
| 3 | Rational judgement might have told him that the nation 's plight was hopeless , but his was the vision of an avenging prophet . |
| 4 | Something which as the Argentines were in no circumstances , ah , going to settle for , ah , and anybody could have told them that , and anybody knew that . |
| 5 | If she were asked where Fenna had come from she would have told a quite different story : the story of the arrival of Fenna . |
| 6 | I should have told you earlier but it must have slipped the old mind . ’ |
| 7 | Wexford did n't take the vacant seat and something in his expression must have told Cullam he wanted privacy , for he said to his wife , ‘ Ca n't you get them kids out of here ? ’ |
| 8 | If she had asked for Ward Five he would have told her morning visiting in the public wards was forbidden and he might , because he was feeling benevolent , have called her love . |
| 9 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 10 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 11 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 12 | Here we find the ring of truth because if you were one of the disciples and Jesus had appeared to you , what would you have told your friends ? |
| 13 | Philip reckoned he was n't as big as him but you could n't have told what age he was . |
| 14 | He could have told the whole thing against himself as a joke . |
| 15 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
| 16 | Why could n't he have told me before ! |
| 17 | Why could n't he have told me ! |
| 18 | After that , I could have told her that you were Jack the Ripper and she 'd have believed me . |
| 19 | Simon was out of control : he could n't have told you what his next move was going to be . |
| 20 | Those more experienced than Marie in practising acts of intimidation and violence could have told her that it is of ten a mistake to delay , to let your victims talk to you . |
| 21 | She must have told him herself . |
| 22 | Political honours are either an almost contemptuous gesture towards those who have kept silent when their consciences might have told them to vote against a government bill , or a reward for money or advice . |
| 23 | If they were that good they would have told you to forget it until you had a good message or product to project ! |
| 24 | By Poindexter 's trial , in 1990 , he thought he must have told the admiral that : he was going to destroy that one , and then they would really all be gone . |
| 25 | She may have told him but it did not stop the questions . |
| 26 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 27 | Theoretically she could also have told Fiona on the telephone who could have told Nolan or Lewis , but it was n't the sort of item one would naturally bother to pass on . |
| 28 | Theoretically she could also have told Fiona on the telephone who could have told Nolan or Lewis , but it was n't the sort of item one would naturally bother to pass on . |
| 29 | Foreign observers were not universally dismissive ; and the contact with Scotsmen which she had , particularly in the last year of her life in France , could have told her much , had she cared to listen . |
| 30 | When you talked to judges in the Sixties , they might have told you they did n't happen at all or would be willing to concede that a miscarriage might take place once every 10 years . ’ |