Example sentences of "when [pron] saw [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just going to look through it to find out what was happening in the passage when I saw a fishy eye fixed in the centre . |
| 2 | At about three o'clock in the afternoon , I was standing at the door of the inn when I saw a blind man coming along the road . |
| 3 | One day I disturbed three separate males and was feeling thoroughly frustrated and incompetent when I saw a magnificent bull , silhouetted on a ridge against the setting sun , a graceful , powerful body with a great sweep of spiralling horns . |
| 4 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 5 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 6 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 7 | When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold . |
| 8 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 9 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 10 | As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems . |
| 11 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 12 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 13 | When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted . |
| 14 | But those gloomy musings ended abruptly when the skim dropped me near the pod was berthed — and when I saw the shadowy figures around it . |
| 15 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 16 | One morning I was driving along the road when I saw an old man frantically waving a walking stick at passing cars . |
| 17 | In March , on a visit to Leatherhead , I was walking around the JS branch when I saw an old customer . |
| 18 | When he was asked his philosophy , this man said that freedom and release could only come when you saw a muddy ditch as being the same as the beautiful Ganges . |
| 19 | When you were born as a scarcely distinguishable blob in the smoked ranks of the industrial army of the poor , when privilege was not only out of sight but in the hands of a foreign country , when you saw the daily cost of a necessary daily grind , then to have a ‘ gift ’ was perhaps the only sure way to see an escape . |
| 20 | Nicola Jones , 15 , was riding nine-year-old Ballyveamore along a country road at Bryniau , Dyserth , when she saw a blue Ford Transit approaching at high speed . |
| 21 | The reason became apparent when she saw a young female come into breeding condition . |
| 22 | The door was opened by the clergyman 's daughter , who ran off terrified when she saw the fearsome-looking tramp standing docilely on the pavement . |
| 23 | She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear . |
| 24 | She was wandering down an arcade when she saw the new Tissot boutique . |
| 25 | Susan turned white when she saw the bandaged hand , and Breeze had some difficulty in reassuring her . |
| 26 | She felt especially depleted by the No Bath indulgence , and even more uneasy when she saw the delightful supper prepared for her ; honey sandwiches and cocoa with cream floating on its surface . |
| 27 | She called out to the night-nurse who scurried over when she saw the red smear on the stiff white pillowcase . |
| 28 | But when she saw the little girl , she cried in surprise , ‘ Matthew , who 's that ? |
| 29 | After a moment or two to pull herself together and wash her face , she went back through the bedroom , her stomach heaving again when she saw the crumpled disorder of the bed . |
| 30 | Helen Sandberg heard the bangs too , and when she saw the white light , she thought the plane was burning . |