Example sentences of "say when [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but what I 'm saying when we got the thermal boxes you put the stuff in this big fridge er in here |
| 2 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
| 3 | ‘ Hi , ’ he said when she opened the front door . |
| 4 | ‘ Rascals , ’ Fat Watt said when he noticed the far-off plumes of smoke , and stumbled off as though everything had been said that could be said . |
| 5 | As Piaget said when he reported the original finding , trying to explain the children 's behaviour away by saying that they ‘ misinterpret the question ’ is circular : of course they are misinterpreting the question and the next question is about cognitive determinants of this misinterpretation — this ‘ non-conservation ’ . |