Example sentences of "[adv] when [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Only when she saw the outline of a man 's head in a peaked cap sitting in the driver 's seat was the mystery explained . |
| 3 | ‘ He said , ‘ I was dying for a pint so when I saw the pub I decided to land and come in . ’ ‘ |
| 4 | I was just going in when I saw the sign . |
| 5 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 6 | Luther looked deep into the boy 's eyes and smiled wickedly when he saw the truth lurking there . |
| 7 | Her voice died away when she saw the strain on Jenna 's face and she came round the bed , her eyes racing over Jenna 's pale face . |
| 8 | Peeping up at him , she just as quickly looked away when she saw the devilry in his eyes . |
| 9 | Anyway when I saw the fire |
| 10 | She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room . |
| 11 | Troy stood completely still when he saw the mother and baby . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I sat there a long time , bored , with a cold bottom , and I was about to open the pub door to tell him I was going home when I saw the organ grinder trundling his barrel-organ down the street . |
| 14 | He looked round sharply then exhaled deeply when he saw the man 's face peering in at him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His eyes lit up when he saw the fire , for his hands were blue with cold . |
| 17 | Did you suddenly tense up when you saw the door ? |
| 18 | Jay was knocked out by his work , Francis ecstatic over his tight torn jeans , and Lucy 's eyes lit up when she saw the portfolio . |
| 19 | She inhaled sharply when she saw the figure there . |
| 20 | Linnet had attended the wedding , of course , looking exquisite in dove-grey velvet with a swansdown hat and muff , her face calm and remote , betraying not the least flicker of anything which anyone could call unbecoming , even when she saw the bride , thin as a stick and hideously sallow , led to the altar dripping pearls and diamonds and a London-made gown with a train half a cathedral-aisle long . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Her hand reached up to smooth her already immaculate hair before she let it drop abruptly when she saw the amusement on his face . |
| 23 | He swore softly when he saw the fear flash in her eyes . |
| 24 | Yet when I saw the city , from the top of a sun-blasted ridge , I wondered if the farmland was n't preferable . |