Example sentences of "have tell [pron] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheriff William Reid had told him he could face prison but it would help if the university got its money back . |
| 2 | Uncle Walter had told him you could get to Australia by digging . |
| 3 | A few months before , if anyone had told him you could feel dislike for your own child , a real aversion from your own flesh and blood , he would not have believed them . |
| 4 | Councillors had told them they could no longer use a less isolated car park next to the council offices , but now look certain to reverse their decision tomorrow . |
| 5 | He says that Churchill had told them they could be proud to have mined coal for the war effort . |
| 6 | We did n't sight of her once , even though the vet had told me it could be an hour before the drug took effect . |
| 7 | Everyone had told her she could n't be in a better place , but they kept saying she must be patient a little while longer — and she did n't know how much longer she could bear it . |