Example sentences of "[noun] when i tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ D ’ , my husband , did n't accept me loving another girl when I told him I was a lesbian , but after a while he accepted me as Carla — 100 per cent . |
| 2 | ‘ I look forward to that — and so , I know , will Mr. Stevenson when I tell him . ’ |
| 3 | Says the star : ‘ They did n't bat an eyelid when I told them I wanted it delivered 5,000 miles away in London . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect he 'll just weep for joy when I tell him , ’ she said . |
| 5 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 6 | So you forgive me because I am your friend when I tell you it is perhaps — baby . |
| 7 | Must be a bug ; Luke 's got it , too , not to mention behaving like a bear with a sore head when I told him I wanted to take an early lunch . ’ |
| 8 | Like poor Lanyon when I told him about my new ideas . |
| 9 | ‘ Much too fast and he never takes any notice when I tell him to go slower , so I do my knitting . |
| 10 | If , however , your answer is specific ( e.g. ‘ She has a temper tantrum when I insist that she obeys me , for example when I tell her to eat up her breakfast ’ ) then an effective procedure can be worked out . |
| 11 | The señora sighs relief when I tell her more soup will suffice . |
| 12 | How she 'll crow when I tell her ! |
| 13 | They laughed like a couple of schoolgirls , hands fluttering to their mouths like butterflies when I told them of my encounter with the priest . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |
| 17 | Another friend , ‘ E ’ , reacted in a different way when I told her . |
| 18 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm very shocked and disappointed for Ricky , ’ said Stewart when I told him of the retirement news . |
| 20 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They ca n't believe it in Hull when I told them you wo n't do Wogan , ’ she phoned in . |
| 23 | Th'can think about what Miss Jarman 'll have to say about th'habits when I tell her . ’ |
| 24 | So did my mother when I told her . |
| 25 | Goldberg 's face when I told him , he wrote . |
| 26 | ‘ You should have seen his face when I told him ! |