Example sentences of "when he saw [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 2 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 3 | When he saw me looking out of the window he smiled , and , looking up at the sun , said : |
| 4 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 5 | I shall never forget his expression when he saw me arriving on my bicycle with its empty pannier bags . |
| 6 | His mouth dropped open when he saw me standing in front of him , carrying a gun . |
| 7 | When he saw me running he thought he must be late , and he started to run , too . |
| 8 | She was a little way from Alexei , and when he saw her riding off the offworlder reined around after her . |
| 9 | ‘ Bella , bella ! ’ he called to her , when he saw her leaning precariously out , her hair flowing like a red waterfall over her shoulders . |
| 10 | He looked too uninterested , and when he saw her watching him he avoided her eyes . |
| 11 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |
| 12 | And when he saw her copulating with Kemp … |
| 13 | A few days later Mr Boldwood was looking at Bathsheba 's fields , which were next to his own , when he saw her helping Gabriel Oak with the sheep . |
| 14 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |
| 15 | Picking her way through the guests , she eventually found him talking to Edward , but when he saw her approaching he left his host and came to meet her . |
| 16 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |
| 17 | However she did seem to get better , and no one could have been happier than my master , when he saw her sitting up in bed for the first time , and beginning to take an interest in the people and things around her . |
| 18 | When he saw her coming towards him , he stopped . |
| 19 | When she argued with him — so cogently and logically — he felt proud of her ; when he saw her walking towards him — so jaunty and enthusiastic — he was overcome with tenderness . |
| 20 | At High Tea , Dot was glad when he saw her staring and tidied the strange hand out of sight beneath the table . |
| 21 | When he saw her smiling so happily at this offering , he scowled . |
| 22 | Mr Tweddle said the driver parked while his wife went into a shop and when he saw her returning he started the car and reversed . |
| 23 | We had an old inspector , a Manx man , he used to laugh when he saw them coming in with the blood pouring down their heads , fighting and everything . |
| 24 | He was gratified , therefore , when he saw them come into the church at Gillamoor , accompanied by Victoria , and the three year old Hilary . |
| 25 | He laughed when he saw them huddled together . |
| 26 | Taylor , 22 , from Inverurie , said he first realised Murray was involved in drug-taking when he saw him stick a needle in his arm at the depot . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , he had cast the Marshal a grateful look when he saw him standing there as promised , watching with his big , slightly bulging eyes . |
| 28 | He watched closely as the emperor rose from his throne , and when he saw him bow low in his direction , he allowed a little smile of polite acknowledgment to play across his face before he turned and strode majestically back to join his entourage . |
| 29 | The greyly persistent Detective Chief Inspector emerged like a turtle from his shell when he saw us arrive , and he 'd come alone for once : no silent note-taker in his shadow . |
| 30 | for a while and when he saw us last he was frightened and he 's not now |