Example sentences of "when he saw the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write the Captain 's log for the period that starts when they first saw the strange " whale " and ends when he saw the Monongahela for the last time . |
| 2 | Jane Davis , prosecuting , had earlier told the court that Orchard , of Farringdon , London , had been walking his dog when he saw the girl in a playground in the King 's Cross area one evening last July . |
| 3 | His marriage was only weeks away and the responsibility he felt for Virginia had grown more onerous when he saw the love in her . |
| 4 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 5 | Just at that moment a man staggered out of the door of the bank ; when he saw the tableau of police and soldiers in front of him , he threw his arms up in the air . |
| 6 | Gregson smiled when he saw the look on Finn 's face . |
| 7 | Finn muttered , reaching for his cigarettes but deciding not to light one when he saw the look of disapproval on the pathologist 's face . |
| 8 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett waited at the crossroads and frowned when he saw the blood on Sharpe 's arm . |
| 9 | But when he saw the strength of the gale he was seized with fear ; and beginning to sink , he cried , ‘ Save me , Lord . ’ |
| 10 | When he saw the extent of the Pro-Choice backlash against the Court decision , he temporised . |