Example sentences of "when [pron] saw [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion , I was cycling with my wife at Whipps Cross when I saw two 14-year-olds with their bicycles . |
| 2 | I had just checked into the hotel and come down to the sunken terrace when I saw armed men running in a crouched position by the swimming pool . |
| 3 | I nearly bit my lip when I saw that header from Fairclough looping into the top right hand corner from the McAllister free kick . |
| 4 | I 've just realized I have n't either , when I saw that woman crossing the road I thought it was her . |
| 5 | When I saw that woman crossing the road , I thought it was here . |
| 6 | When I saw those images and heard the Arabic voices in the back-ground I cried . |
| 7 | I did n't think it necessary to comment about that in my reply to that , in fact I have , I was speaking with er Mr when I saw this question down and reported it to him that his name was being used in such a way erm . |
| 8 | I knew he , I did n't know him , I did n't know him , but I do go and see him when I saw this case was covered up , and it seems to be utterly unreasonable that this poor old chap was going to have doors slamming and banging , and then people coming out the Dance about midnight , and his whole life being disrupted , so I I turned on there , unknown to my own Council , oh , they were cross with me . |
| 9 | When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again . |
| 10 | And there was one of last Christmas ' bestsellers : ‘ I was watching television about two years ago when I saw this ad . |
| 11 | I said I bet , when I saw this June . |
| 12 | Peer in , when I saw this motion , I took immediate interest . |
| 13 | when you saw that temple , even if you |
| 14 | ‘ Could you believe your eyes when you saw that gun ? |
| 15 | You loathed it when you saw other people behaving like this and yet you could no more control it in yourself than you could any other automatic physical reflex . |
| 16 | ‘ If you were a gentleman , you would have just backed off when you saw this place was taken ! ’ |
| 17 | How many times she had felt a lift of excitement when she saw that sign and knew that Riverstown was only ten minutes away . |
| 18 | But the smile lasted less than a heartbeat and vanished entirely when she saw that fitzAlan continued to watch the small party until it disappeared from view . |
| 19 | It is used to denote full vitality , real spirited living ; contrast the deflation of the Queen of Sheba when she saw all Solomon 's treasure — there was no more ruach left in her' ( I Kgs. 10:5 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , but you do n't want to … ’ she began to deny , but her voice faded when she saw one eyebrow ascend — as if it was unheard-of for anyone to tell him what he wanted or did not want to do . |
| 21 | Isabel could have bitten her tongue when she saw one corner of fitzAlan 's mouth kick up . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she queried , cross at being interrupted , but her expression changed when she saw Ace standing outside . |
| 23 | ‘ A guest , Colonel Merrick 's wife , was in one of the rooms upstairs brushing her hair by candlelight in front of the mirror , when she saw this face peering over her shoulder . |
| 24 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 25 | But when she saw these things written they seemed , and were , stale , deja-vu , derivative . |
| 26 | In fact , a rather strange expression crossed her face when she saw Jessamy standing there , as if she was n't in the least pleased to see her . |
| 27 | ‘ When we saw other people 's work , like the French Impressionists , it was a different world . |
| 28 | We were about to carry on when we saw two women with their loads of pine-needles coming down the path towards us . |
| 29 | ‘ They have left me alone to prepare in the proper fashion , so it was quite emotional when we saw each other . |
| 30 | ‘ They have left me alone to prepare in the proper fashion , so it was quite emotional when we saw each other . |