Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i told [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 2 | She had kept silent because ‘ my understanding was that if I told anyone I would die . |
| 3 | He warned me that if I told anyone about it , he would just deny it outright . |
| 4 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She was so hell-bent on them that when I told her I could n't get them anywhere she said ‘ Well , we 'd better make them . ’ |
| 6 | Moistening dry lips , she began , ‘ You 'll remember that when I told you I intended leaving you said I might go immediately ? |
| 7 | I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't . |
| 8 | Mr Dalglish , who was angry that his side were not awarded a penalty for a first-half tackle by Madden on Wilcox , said later : ‘ The only person who did n't play was the referee and because I told him so he says he is going to report us . ’ |
| 9 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 10 | She runs a sort of company for readings and uncostumed actings of unusual plays , and when I told her about Unisoculous she said she would put it on . |
| 11 | When she finally went to the family planning clinic , the woman she saw was not very sympathetic , she said " What school do you go to ? " and when I told her she said " You 've really thrown away your chances . " " |
| 12 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 13 | And when I told him , later , that I would n't mind a bit of the other , he said he had a headache ! ’ |
| 14 | He asked whose side I was on , and when I told him I was strongly opposed to Bodyline he said he thought it would be better if I did not go on with it . |
| 15 | Gómez had turned to me , and when I told him , he nodded . |
| 16 | ‘ I guess that you have been to see Mrs Laura Lyons , ’ he said , and when I told him that he was right , he went on : ‘ When we put together everything that each of us has discovered , I expect we shall know almost everything about this case . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 18 | And when I told them that in my country there were millions just like me , they did not believe me , but just smiled . |
| 19 | Your application for a further grant from our endowment funds comes to committee next month , as you know , and as I told you when you first mooted it , the chances are — well , chancy . ’ |
| 20 | Cos I was on the afternoon shift and as I told you I was getting twenty five bob a day . |
| 21 | When his father remonstrated with him and refused to believe that the respectable staff of the Sunday School had put any such nonsense in his head , the wee boy protested : ‘ But if I told you what we did learn about Moses and the Red Sea , you 'd never believe me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But if I told you that Harvey borrowed two paperback books from me last night . ’ |
| 23 | I got it all right , but like I told you , it was n't a maid 's job . |
| 24 | Erm , the the other things is a little while ago she was erm , er , er you know , giving me bills like for about five or six pounds once for cleaning materials , and I queried this , because it 's quite a lot of money and erm , so she tells me that she buys expensive erm bleach and she uses a bottle of that a week , well she only comes in three times , and I said well , that 's very extravagant I said and told her what , but since I told her that . |
| 25 | That evening Clive could only grin and bear it , but when I told him I would n't be able to do the second summer course he was distinctly cool . |
| 26 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 27 | All right , my silence was a mistake , ’ she said hastily , when he frowned , ‘ but when I told you you might not have accepted that Thomas is yours . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But when I told my father I was ashamed of myself . |
| 29 | Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm a happily married man , but as I told you , I 've had to compromise . |