Example sentences of "when [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 2 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 3 | ‘ He said , ‘ I was dying for a pint so when I saw the pub I decided to land and come in . ’ ‘ |
| 4 | When I saw the title of the next album — ‘ The Sunday Brunch ’ — I immediately assumed this must be the ‘ American ’ one ( ) . |
| 5 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When I saw the child at 11 p.m. he was very distressed and restless and matched the remedy picture of aconite . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I was just going in when I saw the sign . |
| 17 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 18 | When I saw the amount of entries I had to sift through , my gills went into overdrive and I hyperventilated . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I strained to hear , and had just decided that it would be difficult to hear an idling motor over the lap and rush of the sea in the channel , when I saw the light . |
| 21 | I was almost at the centre of the group when I saw the light in the trees . |
| 22 | And when I saw the face on the screen , I agreed . |
| 23 | How can I tell you what I felt when I saw the body ? |
| 24 | Can you imagine my disappointment when I saw the sort of riff-raff that had also been invited — a distinctly dubious businessman , a scruffy rabbi who I think makes his living as a stand-up comic , a second-rate academic ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I was half way up the road when I saw the fire engine come . |
| 27 | Anyway when I saw the fire |
| 28 | Er yes when I saw the fire at Banbury ooh I said er they 'd had to move people out and getting water from the canal . |
| 29 | When I saw the advertisement for the secondment , it immediately captured my interest for a whole host of reasons . |
| 30 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |