Example sentences of "when he said [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I just said to him , when he said we 've got these census point ahead I said well we 've got certain restrictions , you know , we 've certain rules and regulations we 've got ta comply with I mean I did n't reel off any of this blah . |
| 2 | She was fascinated when he said he came from London — as far as she was concerned he might as well have come from the Moon , because she had as little likelihood of ever visiting either . ’ |
| 3 | He was lying when he said he 'd checked the house . |
| 4 | Manchester City ! ’ he said , continuing the chant which was so like those I had heard at Manchester 's Maine Road ground that I marvelled when he said he had never been to England . |
| 5 | And no one argued when he said he had become an embarrassment . |
| 6 | ‘ When he said he had been mugged , they said that sort of thing happened there about three times a day . ’ |
| 7 | Soon I discovered what Mr Rochester meant when he said he had done wrong . |
| 8 | I was just about to put my papers away , when he said he had something ‘ delicate ’ to talk about . |
| 9 | DeVore might have been lying when he said he had no motive in helping her , but he was right about Mach wanting her dead . |
| 10 | The motorist was allowed to go with a caution when he said he had no money . |
| 11 | Mr Ashton provoked laughter when he said he had watched the programme because it was set in his constituency , and he had been to school with the father of Sean Bean , one of the stars . |
| 12 | I felt terrible cos when he said he had one or two |
| 13 | ‘ I was much like Nick Farr-Jones after the World Cup final when he said he felt a sense of relief rather than anything else after we had won . |
| 14 | He returned on 16 September , telling Tom Jones that he now knew what Roosevelt meant when he said he felt like a ‘ bull moose ’ . |
| 15 | Independent councillor Derek McVickers sparked controversy when he said he understood Albert Dryden 's frustration at planning decisions . |
| 16 | One of the witnesses called today was Peter Simpson , a taxi driver who was waiting in a layby in Akers Way when he said he heard the sound of screeching tyres and looked to see two cars driving at speed , nose to tail along the road . |
| 17 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 18 | When he said he did not know the date of Adam 's return , Lewis Verne-Smith had not lied to the police . |
| 19 | I was very when he said he did n't like it for sure , |
| 20 | Yet the man had seemed sincere when he said he loved Cindy . |
| 21 | ‘ I especially liked the bit where Macaulay Culkin got covered in paint , and I cried at the end when he said he wanted his mummy for Christmas , ’ she said . |
| 22 | When he said he wanted the ‘ spark of fire ’ and intended to have it , it was n't spiritual love he was talking about . |
| 23 | Madame behind the counter was not in the least fazed when he said he wanted to call England . |
| 24 | He was one of the earliest arrivals at Augusta , playing his first practice round on Saturday , which was a direct contradiction of a statement he made to the Augusta Chronical when he said he tried to treat the Masters like ‘ any other tournament ’ . |
| 25 | But he was wrong when he said it had no effect on him . |
| 26 | She must have done , because she did n't deny it when he said she had no brothers or sisters ! ’ |