Example sentences of "when [pers pn] said they " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 2 | When you said they used to carry it away , to stack it , on dock . |
| 3 | when you said they could 've done it |
| 4 | When you said them all |
| 5 | I hope I did n't look too anticipatory , or too disappointed when she said they were all about horoscopes and ‘ Find yourself through the Stars etc ’ , ‘ A very unhealthy lot . ’ |
| 6 | When she said they 'd just been to see their son in Rhodesia and you said ‘ Kenya for officers , Rhodesia for other ranks ’ it was awfully rude . ’ |
| 7 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 8 | Louisa had lied when she said they were friends . |
| 9 | Unless they were very good actors , they sounded very convincing to me when they said they were innocent . |
| 10 | I felt exhausted : as I dragged myself up the stairs I can remember thinking that now I knew what people meant when they said they were ‘ tired to death ’ . |
| 11 | You only let it out to the girls because you got a shock when they said they 'd seen . |
| 12 | The judges handed the Tobacco Institute of Australia something of a pyrrhic victory when they said they would set aside Justice Morling 's injunction on the further publication of the advertisement on the legalistic basis that the Tobacco Institute of Australia had previously indicated to the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations that it would not republish the advertisement anyway . |
| 13 | ‘ Our Leader does n't like to be told that his election was a fraud , that actual grievous bodily harm was perpetrated to bring him victory , that people were n't telling the truth when they said they wanted him , only him , when they said their hearts beat as one with love of him . |
| 14 | ‘ My daughter 's dog an Alsatian called Prince went over to the men but we called it back when they said they 'd kill it . |
| 15 | Pressed on the justification for killing non-combatant musicians at Deal , he added : ‘ Your Minister of Defence gave the answer to that when he said they were marines first and musicians second . ’ |
| 16 | David Norman used his words more precisely when he said they were ectothermic reptiles which were able to keep their bodies at a constant temperature ‘ by being very large and living in a warm , mild climate . ’ |
| 17 | Pipkin was right when he said they were n't fighters . |