Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] [pron] saw the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals .
2 He became aware of someone behind him and was reaching for his Browning when he saw the uniform .
3 He hesitated for a moment when he saw the girl sitting on one of the large black leather sofas that were ranged along one wall .
4 Jaqueline Holliday , of Windsor Road , Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , told Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield she was waiting to turn right into Oxford Road when she saw the man .
5 It was a great thing the other day when I saw the combine harvester coming up the glen .
6 Then a reminder of the tragedy came during World War I when a Polish soldier was walking over the bridge one starlit night when he saw the wraith of a man dancing on the parapet .
7 Ruskin Spear when he saw The Death of Nelson remarked that Minton had painted the deck like an upright fence .
8 He was layering a hedge in one of his top fields when he saw the party riding along the road towards the forest .
9 I glanced back in the direction of the field where we saw the figures crossing .
10 ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ Minton teased Tindle when he saw the painting in the studio at Hamilton Terrace , ‘ but it 's too late to change the floorboards now . ’
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