Example sentences of "when [pers pn] told he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm very shocked and disappointed for Ricky , ’ said Stewart when I told him of the retirement news . |
| 2 | I had an abortion , without telling anyone ; the father left me when I told him of the pregnancy . |
| 3 | Goldberg delighted when I told him about the gauze and the draught , he wrote . |
| 4 | ‘ You did n't seem very surprised , ’ he said , ‘ when I told him about the note . ’ |
| 5 | When I told him about the Whitehorse Cinema manager offering him $500. to fly up to open the new building , he laughed loud and long . |
| 6 | Then when I told him about the baby he was more definite . |
| 7 | Like poor Lanyon when I told him about my new ideas . |
| 8 | " I gave him the idea , " Timothy said , " when I told him about my dad . |
| 9 | That was why when I told him about my LCC-subsidized visit to Paris , he insisted that I should pay calls on friends of his like Paul Valéry , Jacques Maritain and Charles du Bos ; and he set about providing me with letters of introduction . |
| 10 | When I told him about Marlborough , he cheered up a little . |
| 11 | He did n't believe me when I told him about you , which just goes to show how much people judge by outward appearances . |
| 12 | And then the solicitor asked us to advised us to have certain things amended and Mr had no problem when I told him over the telephone , he just said send it back and we 'll just amend it . |
| 13 | I 'll wait for you out in the corridor , ’ Bryce replied when she told him of her plan . |
| 14 | She knows that wanting to look good , or sexy , does n't mean she 's ‘ asking for it ’ , but that belief was shaken by a recent incident , and by the overprotective reaction of her brother to her when she told him about it . |
| 15 | But then she remembered Matthew 's smiling face when she told him about the Avery prize . |
| 16 | The van drew up in Pretty Street and Miss Poraway and Mrs Abigail got out , Miss Poraway still talking about the cartoon , saying it would tickle her brother when she told him about it . |
| 17 | He would n't like being made a fool of , even it was largely his own fault for refusing to believe her when she told him about Dana . |
| 18 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |