Example sentences of "when [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a great thing the other day when I saw the combine harvester coming up the glen . |
| 2 | I went into the hall and that 's when I saw the rope . ’ |
| 3 | I also experienced it ( it came upon me ) when I signed the marriage register as well as when I saw the pig slaughtered . |
| 4 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 5 | That was when she saw the diary . |
| 6 | Jaqueline Holliday , of Windsor Road , Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , told Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield she was waiting to turn right into Oxford Road when she saw the man . |
| 7 | Then you would know when you saw the chap in the 1984 Cortina he was the company 's worst driver . |
| 8 | Mrs Olive Davis , 47 , was walking home with her husband , Joe , 59 , when they saw the crash and she spoke of how Mr Swales died in her arms . |
| 9 | It was only when they saw the picture on the cover of a magazine — on their 38th wedding anniversary — that they realised their kiss had been captured forever . |
| 10 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ Minton teased Tindle when he saw the painting in the studio at Hamilton Terrace , ‘ but it 's too late to change the floorboards now . ’ |
| 11 | He hesitated for a moment when he saw the girl sitting on one of the large black leather sofas that were ranged along one wall . |
| 12 | For St Francis there were a number of decisive moments , such as when he saw the leper . |
| 13 | He said that he got back by one , but the old baker claims that it was after two when he saw the van in Prospect Terrace . |
| 14 | He was layering a hedge in one of his top fields when he saw the party riding along the road towards the forest . |
| 15 | He became aware of someone behind him and was reaching for his Browning when he saw the uniform . |
| 16 | Ruskin Spear when he saw The Death of Nelson remarked that Minton had painted the deck like an upright fence . |
| 17 | Then a reminder of the tragedy came during World War I when a Polish soldier was walking over the bridge one starlit night when he saw the wraith of a man dancing on the parapet . |