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Example sentences for "said when"

  • Darius, who was on the lookout for us as may be supposed, said when he saw that the canoe had three occupants: "So you got him, eh?

  • I haven't grumbled, because I knew you lads had about all you could stagger under," he said when we told him that Captain Hanaford was bent on trying to get him aboard the pungy.

  • Nearly every vessel is aground," he said when he approached our hiding-place with every evidence of having traveled long and rapidly.

  • As a matter of fact, he said when he grew up he wanted to go into the Service, just like his brothers, who were in the Service, and he said he liked to horseback ride; he used to collect stamps.

  • That's right, that's what he said when he came through on a Saturday, but then I never heard any more from Lee at all.

  • So then he came here to look for a job, and he said when he found a job, that he would have Marina and the child to come over here.

  • I said when I became a monk I would go to that convent, when he asked very seriously if I was going to be a monk.

  • The reply was "it is not wonderful when we realize that the Lord meant what He said when He told us not to resist evil.

  • I think that the question on that, he said when he saw the snarl on his face he first thought about killing him.

  • Do you recall just what he said when he left your office?

  • Lucky you gave me that letter when you did," he said when he caught us up.

  • Not a second, mind," he said when he had read the letter.

  • That was a sharp spasm and no mistake," I said when I lowered the handkerchief at last.

  • There's nothing for it but amputation here," he said when he examined the wounded soldier.

  • Now Jacques," he said when he had finished, "I thought that perhaps you would be more likely than any other man on board the three ships to volunteer for this work.

  • It is as I feared," he said when he joined the other captains; "there are three bays about two miles apart and at all of these a landing could be easily effected.

  • Warner probably," he said when I had finished.

  • I wish they were both here," he said when I finished.

  • Halsey," I said when he sauntered in, "is there a policeman in Casanova?

  • A fresh hand at the bellows" is said when a gale increases.

  • The pump sucks is said when, all the water being drawn out of the well, and air admitted, there comes up nothing but froth and wind, with a whistling noise, which is music to the fagged seaman.

  • Also, said when a vessel is in an open place where the sea is rolling heavily.

  • Your reasoning powers are admirable," he said when he recovered his gravity, "and you have completely convinced me.

  • Do you remember what I said when we were together in the back room at Major Fitz-David's house?

  • It is surely hard to hold Eustace responsible for what he said when he was out of his senses.

  • Said when he saw Me all in blue "Who is the maid The sky must woo?

  • Said when he saw Me all in green, "Who is the maid The grass calls queen?

  • Said when he saw Me all in green "Who is the maid The grass calls queen?

  • Said when he saw Me all in blue, "Who is the maid The sky must woo?

  • Now," he said when he clutched it, "there are just two ways of getting out of the water into a boat.

  • You don't want to try that in less than four feet until you're sure you can do it right," he said when he had climbed on board.

  • I've been looking out for you rather anxiously," he said when he had shaken hands with them.

  • Now, sir," he said when he came out, "what has happened to bring you here this morning from Lincoln?

  • We must have witnesses," I said when it was finished.

  • That man you spoke to in the train was De Vos," I said when we had started.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "said when" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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