Example sentences of "when [pers pn] see [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | DO N'T say we in Northern Ireland do n't know a future winner when we see one in the motor cycling game . |
| 32 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 33 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 34 | But he emptied the house of its demanding lodgers , some of whom subsequently abused him , when they saw him in the street . |
| 35 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 36 | The aim is to have about three suits per series — I certainly do n't want to come prancing on every week in something different , but neither do I want people to groan when they see me in the same old suit . |
| 37 | ‘ I 've seen the looks people give Jenny when they see her for the first time , ’ says her mother , Helen . |
| 38 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 39 | She was curious as to how he felt when he saw her at the docks the other day . |
| 40 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 41 | He paused when he saw her by the iron railings that separated mown lawn from pasture . |