Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would start to jeer at the company , but stopped when they saw the Hearthware sashes and the Myrcan staves and whispered amongst themselves . |
| 2 | He stopped when he saw the car and made as if to turn back . |
| 3 | ‘ My heart sank when I saw the hill . ’ |
| 4 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 5 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 6 | From outside it looked like a faded bell but within was a brilliant and sumptuous chamber of fiery gold adorned with most exquisite tapestry , and it moved me as much as I was moved when I saw the dome of the Blue Mosque at Isfahan , the most beautiful building I have ever seen . |
| 7 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett waited at the crossroads and frowned when he saw the blood on Sharpe 's arm . |
| 8 | Write the Captain 's log for the period that starts when they first saw the strange " whale " and ends when he saw the Monongahela for the last time . |
| 9 | A second lorry driver Peter Walling later saw a man naked from the waist up scramble up the river bank but disappear when he saw the lorry . |
| 10 | Hurriedly she licked them from her fingers , then looked up and felt her pulse jerk when she saw the way he was looking at her mouth . |
| 11 | There were more trucks around it , and also several humans that started to run when they saw the shadow of the Ship . |
| 12 | I panicked when I saw the blood . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It carried her into the park and only wavered when she saw the playground . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was hard to conceal the sudden rush of nerves she felt when she saw the way he was watching her with that barely hidden amusement . |
| 17 | How can I tell you what I felt when I saw the body ? |
| 18 | My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day . |
| 19 | They laughed when they saw the tea , and demonstrated in dumb show how it should really be made . |
| 20 | They entered the Lawnmarket and Corbett shivered when he saw the gibbet and its rotten , swaying human fruit , black figures against the moonlit , summer night sky . |
| 21 | I hardly remember what Mrs Girdlestone looked like , other than that she was plump and elderly , and gave an impression of being prepared for battle ; but I was touched when I saw the tea that had been laid out ready for me , imagining the two ladies conferring about the slices of bought ham , the thin bread-and-butter , and the bought cake . |
| 22 | Tell me what you did when you saw the body . ’ |
| 23 | Nehru wept when he saw the clause accepting safeguards . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you all right ? ’ she queried when she saw the expression on Susan 's face . |
| 25 | Gregson smiled when he saw the look on Finn 's face . |
| 26 | Charity nearly choked when she saw the title ‘ Other Interests ’ . |
| 27 | There was an edge of sarcasm in her voice , which she immediately regretted when she saw the anger flicker across his face . |
| 28 | You did n't spend half enough when you got the chance , ’ he said when he saw the bill . |
| 29 | Now I 'd have to say when I saw the report in the Observer , which was a couple of months ago , the rape in the quad report , my feeling was that this was a national newspaper picking on Oxford because Oxford and sex makes great headlines and it was going to be a good sell , and I felt that it was inappropriate in that sexual harassment is a problem in other campuses . |
| 30 | Did you not think when you saw the girl in the way you found her that I had actually ruined her , as she calls it ? |