Example sentences of "when he told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 2 | The estrangement became even more profound when he told them that he was gay . |
| 3 | The boys who did exactly what he said , when he told them … |
| 4 | CHRIS De Burgh stunned owners of a top London recording studio when he told them : ‘ I 'm not working here again unless you change the carpet ’ . |
| 5 | When he told them how he had thrown the Bible , Mrs Wood gave a little scream . |
| 6 | Only the thought of the pleasure she would have in telling him off when he told them they were not welcome in Spain kept her seated and in any way civilised . |
| 7 | Antony cleverly exploited this principle when he told them of Caesar 's will . |
| 8 | However , he submitted that even if the trial judge had misdirected the jury when he told them that the case against the first appellant depended solely upon what it was proved that he himself had done , that misdirection was to the advantage of the first appellant . |
| 9 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 10 | Bobby Gillespie was right when he told me , ‘ I used to go stand where all the young kids stood in the corner . |
| 11 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 12 | I 'd listened to my father when he told me how to act with the top players , and there was n't a blade of grass I did n't know at St Andrews . |
| 13 | He never said another word until the end when he told me he would be going out at 8 AM with the same four-ball and he would see me then . |
| 14 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 15 | But a friend put some perspective into it when he told me of a recent visit to the Half Moon , a venerable pub venue in Putney : ‘ There were all these posters on the wall of bands from 20 and 25 years ago , and I thought , ‘ Cor , they must be valuable . ’ |
| 16 | When he told me that he had inherited the cardinal 's robes of his predecessor , Cardinal Heenan , and I asked if they fitted , he said , ‘ No . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought he was sincere when he told me he wanted to stay in France . |
| 18 | ‘ Campo has not mentioned retirement since we won the World Cup , ’ said Dwyer , ‘ when he told me he was retiring ! |
| 19 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 20 | When he told me that he wanted to be an actor like Owen Jones , I was very surprised but instinctively excited and challenged . |
| 21 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 22 | When he told me to strip I refused , saying that I would change my clothes only if he left the room . |
| 23 | ’ When he told me this morning that I was his prisoner , not his … not anything else , he left two Gharrgoyles to guard me . |
| 24 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 25 | ‘ So when he told me he had to go back home to Fyn to meet someone , but that I could go with him if I wanted , I gave him an ultimatum . ’ |
| 26 | When he told me her name I was so pleased , but when I met her , well , she 's as English as Yorkshire pudding . |
| 27 | One of the speakers that evening was Gordon Gissing , so I had no hesitation when he told me about his visit to a picturesque narrow ( metre ) gauge system in East Germany , and offered to give us a talk on it . |
| 28 | The second er reason which he gave me , of course I should have thought for myself , he said , but the accountants more accurately represented the human form than did the rats , so that was a clear one to him , but it was the third one that really floored me , when he told me that their staff had been getting really attached to the rats . |
| 29 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 30 | I thought he was conning me when he told me his plan . |