Example sentences of "when i tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let when I tell you Edna , I s , I do sing you see so I sat for . |
| 2 | ‘ Much too fast and he never takes any notice when I tell him to go slower , so I do my knitting . |
| 3 | When I tell him ( truthfully ) that I ca n't remember , he asks me again . |
| 4 | ‘ One moment he 's on cloud nine , and now when I tell him all that 's gone on he 'll feel as though he 's been knocked over by a juggernaut . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect he 'll just weep for joy when I tell him , ’ she said . |
| 6 | When I tell him that Fairfax seems to have played a very big part in Claudia 's life , he does n't see any problem . |
| 7 | When I tell him he laughs at me . |
| 8 | " At first , " John went on , obviously bent on making a clean breast of everything , " at first when I tell him you a whore , he do n't believe me , so I got to make him believe . |
| 9 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
| 10 | Eddie says , when I tell him . |
| 11 | He 'll stop when I tell him . |
| 12 | ‘ And Edgar wo n't listen when I tell him how happy I am ! |
| 13 | But I mean it when I tell him . |
| 14 | He looks offended when I tell him he is perceived as a man 's man . |
| 15 | ‘ I look forward to that — and so , I know , will Mr. Stevenson when I tell him . ’ |
| 16 | Mary , who works for a publishing firm , said last night : ‘ People are speechless when I tell them where they 're calling . |
| 17 | I 've told them that I 'm hoping to replace their old hard-hat helmets with this new scuba equipment , but they think I 'm joking when I tell them they wo n't have any hoses to the surface . " |
| 18 | The ground pigeons will laugh themselves sick when I tell them you could n't even break your own bones — you 've broken enough of theirs ! " |
| 19 | When I tell them what a great teacher you are , they 'll be dead keen to join . ’ |
| 20 | They 're always surprised when I tell them there is no bread being baked , but that at one time the room below was a kitchen . |
| 21 | When I tell them that I spent 17 years in local government , they tell me that I was a masochist . |
| 22 | ‘ They 're quite disappointed when I tell them they 're welcome , but there 's not much point bringing their bike . ’ |
| 23 | The señora sighs relief when I tell her more soup will suffice . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Th'can think about what Miss Jarman 'll have to say about th'habits when I tell her . ’ |
| 26 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 27 | How she 'll crow when I tell her ! |
| 28 | When I tell her , she says what a wonderful Christian Pa is , by which , I imagine , she means his calmness in adversity . |
| 29 | Thee will not think I talk figuratively when I tell thee that his pine apple stove is sixty feet long , twenty feet wide and height proportionable . |
| 30 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |