Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] them that " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I told them that he was a chemist , one boy asked , ‘ Could n't they get a proper teacher , then ? ’ |
| 2 | And when I told them that in my country there were millions just like me , they did not believe me , but just smiled . |
| 3 | When I told them that I was born in a similar bed and had become a doctor afterwards they were more convinced . |
| 4 | When I told them that you 's got about three and mixed up |
| 5 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 6 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 7 | The estrangement became even more profound when he told them that he was gay . |
| 8 | However , he submitted that even if the trial judge had misdirected the jury when he told them that the case against the first appellant depended solely upon what it was proved that he himself had done , that misdirection was to the advantage of the first appellant . |