Example sentences of "when he saw [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he saw me running he thought he must be late , and he started to run , too . |
| 2 | When he saw me he smiled and said ‘ Why , what 's the matter ! ’ not unkindly . |
| 3 | When he saw me , he leaned on his shovel until I was near enough to shake hands . |
| 4 | When he saw me looking out of the window he smiled , and , looking up at the sun , said : |
| 5 | Mr. Golding usually had a smile and when he saw me would say , ‘ Goin' to help me today , then Arthur ? ’ |
| 6 | His hair came right down over his face but his eyes gleamed through it , and when he saw me he grinned a wide toothy grin , like one of those gibbons Vern was so neurotic about at the zoo . |
| 7 | Mercer Lorrimore appeared tentatively in the bar doorway and came in when he saw me . |
| 8 | The horse stopped when he saw me , and seemed very surprised . |
| 9 | But when he saw me , he stepped back , with a look of wonder on his face . |
| 10 | I gave a cry , and when he saw me , he stepped back in sudden surprise . |
| 11 | When he saw me , his face turned white . |
| 12 | When he saw me , he fell to the ground and cried , ‘ Thank God , Your Majesty ! |
| 13 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 14 | His mouth dropped open when he saw me standing in front of him , carrying a gun . |
| 15 | I shall never forget his expression when he saw me arriving on my bicycle with its empty pannier bags . |
| 16 | When he saw me he asked me who I was , then demanded to know where my father was . |
| 17 | He turned round when he saw me and waved his hammer . |
| 18 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 19 | The old man answered my knock and his big face split into a delighted grin when he saw me . |
| 20 | ‘ You remember how angry Alain became when he saw me with that book ? ’ she said . |
| 21 | Graham , when he saw me , looked me up and down and said : " You 'll do . " |
| 22 | One of them ran towards me when he saw me . |
| 23 | He was carrying a gun , and when he saw me , he fired . |
| 24 | Even so , the overbearing Purvis looked at his watch when he saw me and said ‘ Good afternoon ’ . |
| 25 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 26 | He always raised his hat when he saw me . |
| 27 | He stopped reading when he saw her . |
| 28 | At High Tea , Dot was glad when he saw her staring and tidied the strange hand out of sight beneath the table . |
| 29 | Lawler exclaimed when he saw her . |
| 30 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |