Example sentences of "when they saw the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they saw the star , they rejoiced with exceeding great joy . |
| 2 | Only when they saw the hooded men with blood-covered knives approaching their cars did they realise what lay in store for them . |
| 3 | Did anyone out there , when they saw the movie , realize that they were smoking for real ? |
| 4 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 5 | They were all crossing together when they saw the skid , the boy on the motorbike , out of control and ploughing towards the sedate black Morris Minor . |
| 6 | When they saw the ‘ rushes ’ the following day , Kirk said to Cannutt , ‘ Those scenes of mine are not good . |
| 7 | They used to giggle and splutter when they saw the old man , thinking of him sitting on a toadstool in the moonlight . |
| 8 | There were more trucks around it , and also several humans that started to run when they saw the shadow of the Ship . |
| 9 | The industry 's corporate leaders must have laughed demonically to themselves when they saw the full weight of the law coming down on people manufacturing and distributing comparatively harmless drugs , such as marijuana . |
| 10 | The Imperial troops posted to defend the river gates from Kislev fled when they saw the green horde stretched out across the horizon and advancing at full speed towards them . |
| 11 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 12 | But the longer Ross remained unpromoted , the more offended his friends would become , especially when they saw the sons of other freeholders advanced in rank . |
| 13 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 14 | The women smiled their approval when they saw the bruising on her bonny white bum . |
| 15 | They had spilled halfway across the road , and although most of them shuffled quickly aside when they saw the car approaching , four boys gathered themselves quickly into a group and remained standing defiantly in its path . |
| 16 | Moi children who had heard the noise of their approach came running helter-skelter to surround them and began shouting excitedly when they saw the dead deer . |
| 17 | Armies of monkeys marching through the jungle roof on swinging arms took fright , too , when they saw the little file of humans and they fled chattering through the upper branches almost as speedily as the birds . |
| 18 | They laughed when they saw the tea , and demonstrated in dumb show how it should really be made . |
| 19 | They would start to jeer at the company , but stopped when they saw the Hearthware sashes and the Myrcan staves and whispered amongst themselves . |
| 20 | And when they saw the rash then they were , but , but tt oh , I see , she says . |
| 21 | When they saw the mission folk were as sincere in their beliefs they were happy to accept and join in . |
| 22 | Seb protested that it was no work for a girl , realising that the horses might panic when they saw the manor burning , but Carrie said , ‘ I know the stalls even better than you . |
| 23 | Agitated shopkeepers rushed out into the street when they saw the marchers approaching and tried to rescue their wares . |
| 24 | And I have to say that cos Mr ca n't answer that , that is how the western community of Harrogate felt when they saw the way that this public consultation document was led . |
| 25 | Greenkeeper Paul Holmes and park warden Raymond Davies said they were ‘ horrified ’ when they saw the damage yesterday morning . |
| 26 | Their eyes popped when they saw the Hamble River flowing with yachts . |
| 27 | The first form talked about it more than any one else , of course they squealed with laughter when they saw the poor Mary Lou Manselle and Gwendoline , all falling victims to the same spider , jolly clever spider said Irene , it means the only three people in the form that it that would be scared of it , I take my hat off to that spider , ca n't think why it chose my desk said Mary Lou , no , that was a shame said Gwendoline , poor Mary Lou it must of been an awful shock for you when you saw it , I wonder who put it there ? |