Example sentences of "[adv] when she saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Peeping up at him , she just as quickly looked away when she saw the devilry in his eyes .
4 She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room .
5 She inhaled sharply when she saw the figure there .
6 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 .
7 Her hand reached up to smooth her already immaculate hair before she let it drop abruptly when she saw the amusement on his face .
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