Example sentences of "when i told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 2 | The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain . |
| 3 | They laughed like a couple of schoolgirls , hands fluttering to their mouths like butterflies when I told them of my encounter with the priest . |
| 4 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 5 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 6 | When I told them that he was a chemist , one boy asked , ‘ Could n't they get a proper teacher , then ? ’ |
| 7 | Says the star : ‘ They did n't bat an eyelid when I told them I wanted it delivered 5,000 miles away in London . |
| 8 | And when I told them that in my country there were millions just like me , they did not believe me , but just smiled . |
| 9 | When I told them that I was born in a similar bed and had become a doctor afterwards they were more convinced . |
| 10 | But why did people snigger when I told them what my father did ? |
| 11 | ‘ They ca n't believe it in Hull when I told them you wo n't do Wogan , ’ she phoned in . |
| 12 | I had just got to the part when I told them ‘ You will have to take the oath of allegiance to … ’ when one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘ Ma'am , the King is dead . ’ |
| 13 | yeah , and she said erm she said they were n't so bad to me she said when I told them who I was living with . |
| 14 | When I told them that you 's got about three and mixed up |
| 15 | Goldberg 's face when I told him , he wrote . |
| 16 | Goldberg delighted when I told him about the gauze and the draught , he wrote . |
| 17 | He seemed relieved when I told him I was reading anthropology and , looking somewhat apprehensively over his shoulder at the sociology building , he muttered ‘ well thank goodness you 're not taking bloody sociology , with all those left wing bastards who hate the polis ’ . |
| 18 | I remember Chapman was amazed when I told him we might make a million profit in 1982 . |
| 19 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 20 | When I told him that Howard Moss — whom I never met but whose poetry I greatly admired — had already published several of my poems , Dana appeared surprised and a little put out . |
| 21 | ‘ You did n't seem very surprised , ’ he said , ‘ when I told him about the note . ’ |
| 22 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 23 | ‘ You should have seen his face when I told him ! |
| 24 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 25 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 26 | He seemed pleased when I told him how much I appreciated such poems as ‘ Cool Tombs ’ , ‘ The Hangman ’ , ‘ Kalamazoo ’ , ‘ Chicago — Hog Butcher ’ , and his later volume ‘ Good Morning , America ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Father Poole became very excited when I mentioned your name , and very annoyed when I told him I had let you go . |
| 29 | When I told him to stop he laughed . |
| 30 | That evening Clive could only grin and bear it , but when I told him I would n't be able to do the second summer course he was distinctly cool . |