Example sentences of "[verb] when i saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My heart sank when I saw the hill . ’ |
| 2 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 3 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I panicked when I saw the blood . |
| 6 | How can I tell you what I felt when I saw the body ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |