Example sentences of "when [pron] told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I told the Society I wanted to ask David Thomson over to address one of our meetings , no one said a word , ’ Eithne told me . |
| 2 | When I told the museum official that I had met David Damiani , his eyes opened wider with interest . |
| 3 | When I told the Head Girl , she explained that the French girl was a lesbian . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ When I told the nurses , they did n't seem too surprised and it was as if such a mix-up was not uncommon . |
| 5 | When I told the farmer what was happening he immediately went off to find Eric , who was hiding in the wood . |
| 6 | I see now how wrong I was , and yet when I told the king that without resorting to such action I would still be in the granite quarries and so unable to do his bidding , he understood and forgave me . |
| 7 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 8 | I always remember your joke at the North and South Club when you told the Jamaican guy those things that he got mad at you that you did n't have a black belt but you had a yellow streak at Origami ! |
| 9 | There was another reason which Marama did n't reveal , until the day before he was due to sail , when she told the painter that she was three months pregnant . |
| 10 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 11 | I mean er when they told the tales of the of the seven winds and the was it seven winds ? |
| 12 | During the hearing , he claimed that Chapman and the directors knew of this and accused the manager of lying when he told the commission he did not know . |
| 13 | Hamilton resolutely destroyed the patriotic myth that most Scots would kill to wear the navy jersey when he told the press , ‘ I 'd rather stay home and play golf . ’ |
| 14 | Robert Lynch , President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies , voiced a current fear among the arts community when he told The Art Newspaper , ‘ The NEA does not need a conservative ideologue to clamp down on everything creative ’ . |
| 15 | Esau 's welcome to the brother who had wronged him is so amazingly generous that Jesus may have had him in mind when he told the story of the prodigal son ( see Luke 15:20 ) . |
| 16 | William Empson has commented , " I find it a completely achieved poem ; probably Coleridge was lying when he told the story of the person from Porlock , nearly twenty years later … " |
| 17 | Sometimes this seemed indicated , as when he told the legislature they must beware ‘ When we are freeing ourselves from one form of imperialism [ against those who would ] … bind us to another one which would swiftly undo all the work that has been done in recent years to foster … a free and independent nation ’ ; ‘ As we would not have British masters , so we would not have Russian masters . ’ |
| 18 | Was he right then when he told the people of Scotland , ’ Do n't vote for the proposals of the Labour party because they do not contain any responsibility for raising revenue . |
| 19 | Party secretary Bettino Craxi appeared to rule out the formation of an electoral alliance with the PDS when he told the congress that " the conditions for a leftist alternative are not there on the horizon " . |
| 20 | However , the Foreign Minister did open the way for a UN mission to the country when he told the Security Council that his government was " prepared to consider " a role for the international community " in an observer or other acceptable capacity " in a monitoring group which would include the ANC and Inkatha . |
| 21 | Most people agreed that things had gone a bit far when he told the Church , in 1982 , to ‘ Face north-west whenever possible . ’ |
| 22 | I laughed when he told the linesman that he 'd had a ‘ mare . |
| 23 | VIP guest George Pattison , the Dean of King 's College , Cambridge , won a rousing cheer at the ceremony when he told the crowd : ‘ I am disappointed we can not sentence anyone to the stocks today . |
| 24 | Mr Taylor , who trained at the Royal Ballet School with Mr Gable at the age of 16 , defended his report when he told the D & S on Wednesday : |