Example sentences of "said when [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So that 's how it is , ’ Ben said when they reached the car . |
| 2 | It 's what the Romans said when they assumed the answer was no . |
| 3 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
| 4 | ‘ We have n't got much , ’ my mother said when she read the letter , ‘ but we 've certainly got more than she or the other people in Mavhinje have . |
| 5 | ‘ Hi , ’ he said when she opened the front door . |
| 6 | " Cheers , " Timothy Gedge said when she opened the hall door . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm astonished , Loretta , ’ Tracey said when she described the raid on Puddephat 's rooms . |
| 8 | ‘ Rascals , ’ Fat Watt said when he noticed the far-off plumes of smoke , and stumbled off as though everything had been said that could be said . |
| 9 | ‘ Had it come five minutes earlier , ’ he said when he heard the news , ‘ I might have been saved . |
| 10 | You did n't spend half enough when you got the chance , ’ he said when he saw the bill . |
| 11 | As Piaget said when he reported the original finding , trying to explain the children 's behaviour away by saying that they ‘ misinterpret the question ’ is circular : of course they are misinterpreting the question and the next question is about cognitive determinants of this misinterpretation — this ‘ non-conservation ’ . |
| 12 | and then and then he said when he turned the wine , they would say well we wanted white wine not red wine . |
| 13 | I asked him what they said when he gave the order and he went red . |
| 14 | So she put a few ideas on the back and said when you do the next one try following these ideas of organizing the different parts of the essay . |
| 15 | I come in I said when you move the polish the secretary table . |
| 16 | In terms of articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution , I said when I addressed the Dublin chamber of commerce on Friday in conjunction with Co-operation North that the Irish Government had made it clear that articles 2 and 3 would be on the table with regard to any talks , and that is , of itself , a reason to seek to proceed with the talks . |
| 17 | ‘ I said when I named the squad that the match provided an opportunity for someone to thrust himself into contention for a place in the squad to go to Lisbon next month . |