Example sentences of "when he told me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 2 | Bobby Gillespie was right when he told me , ‘ I used to go stand where all the young kids stood in the corner . |
| 3 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought he was sincere when he told me he wanted to stay in France . |
| 10 | ‘ Campo has not mentioned retirement since we won the World Cup , ’ said Dwyer , ‘ when he told me he was retiring ! |
| 11 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 12 | When he told me that he wanted to be an actor like Owen Jones , I was very surprised but instinctively excited and challenged . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When he told me to strip I refused , saying that I would change my clothes only if he left the room . |
| 15 | ’ When he told me this morning that I was his prisoner , not his … not anything else , he left two Gharrgoyles to guard me . |
| 16 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | When he told me her name I was so pleased , but when I met her , well , she 's as English as Yorkshire pudding . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 22 | I thought he was conning me when he told me his plan . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember being in a mood once when he told me , ‘ You 'll go mad some day ’ . |
| 24 | Then , when he told me you were coming to Lisboa — You reckoned Simon was envious . |
| 25 | When he told me you were pregnant by him , it was as though he 'd thrown a hand-grenade which blew me apart . |
| 26 | Because when he told me their name was I thought of a girl I used to know called Louise , but it is n't her |
| 27 | He was a young er man er who was just er a young boy , he was promoting records and trying to get into the business and , and er he remembered me well , and when they found out that I was n't easy to , to reach , no-one knew where I was , he was able to track me down and when he told me that er I had this big hit record , I thought it was someone playing a joke on me , because here in America , they have a television show called The Blue Bird , where they play jokes on people and , and tell them things , and then they videotape you and then there 's a funny reaction that this is a big television show . |