Example sentences of "when [pron] saw [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once I was driving up High Street East in Sunderland with a local priest when I saw a furniture van ahead with its ramp down . |
| 2 | I was near it when I saw a man sitting on the ground , half asleep . |
| 3 | Hall reported : ’ … when I saw a vapour trail and warned my Section Leader who manoeuvred for position , scanning the sky for enemy fighters . |
| 4 | I 'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock . |
| 5 | Another eyewitness said : ‘ I was in my office when I saw a lot of women coming out of a hairdresser 's with towels over their heads . |
| 6 | He was getting more beer in when I saw a motorbike pull into the car park . |
| 7 | I was in the fruit and vegetable section waiting to weigh some potatoes on the scales when I saw a bairn of about three years old , a bonnie wee lad with fair hair and big dark blue eyes , picking apples out of the bin and shoving them into his mother 's shopping bag . |
| 8 | Three days later I was limping back from the village and was about half a mile from home when I saw a movement in the hedge . |
| 9 | ‘ When I saw a stage-play instead of a sermon on the Lord 's days … and heard little preaching but what was … against the Puritans , I was glad to be gone . ’ |
| 10 | I was on my way towards the main door of the clubhouse when I saw a cluster of men who could only be journalists . |
| 11 | ‘ I was on my way down to Les Hiboux when I saw a light in the trees . |
| 12 | The officer 's evidence will probably be in the following terms : ‘ I had a good view of the zebra crossing when I saw a pedestrian step on to the crossing limits from the footpath outside the Town Hall and walk about one third of the way across the crossing when the defendant drove in front of the pedestrian etc . ’ |
| 13 | When I saw a fire and capering figures , I ran down again . |
| 14 | For what it 's worth , I was a schoolboy visiting the [ Russian ] cruiser that afternoon after school , and was on the main deck looking over the side next to the quay , when I saw a diver ( with full deep-diving headgear ) being pulled beneath the surface by two frogmen . |
| 15 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 16 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 17 | ‘ He said , ‘ I was dying for a pint so when I saw the pub I decided to land and come in . ’ ‘ |
| 18 | When I saw the title of the next album — ‘ The Sunday Brunch ’ — I immediately assumed this must be the ‘ American ’ one ( ) . |
| 19 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 20 | ‘ I pulled my head up , feeling confused but amazed that I was still alive because when I saw the lorry coming towards me I honestly thought I had had it . |
| 21 | ‘ I used to have the impression that I should feel almost privileged to work at certain big-name establishments when I saw the size of my pay packet , and I never used to know my general manager . |
| 22 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
| 23 | I was lifting my pendant to ask Posi a question or two — and to get an update on the state of the ship — when I saw the girl . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When I saw the child at 11 p.m. he was very distressed and restless and matched the remedy picture of aconite . |
| 26 | And when I saw the landlady there she said that she did have a Mr there but he 'd left a few days ago , did n't know where he 'd got to . |
| 27 | I remember the shock of fear when I heard her scream and the sickening jolt of pain through my stomach when I saw the angle of her hand to her arm . |
| 28 | My door was open and I was halfway across the room when I saw the snake curled just outside , as if in wait for me . |
| 29 | When I saw the opportunity to strengthen my own position and lay claim to that which rightfully belonged to me , I brought you the papers , and , being the trusting fellow you are , you made no bones about signing them . |
| 30 | I was just going in when I saw the sign . |