Example sentences of "[adv prt] when [pron] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't bother about taking anything down when you see me shaking my head . ’ |
| 2 | Mercer Lorrimore appeared tentatively in the bar doorway and came in when he saw me . |
| 3 | Rory sucked his breath in when he saw it ; most of the pin must be inside the boy 's foot , near the middle of the broadest part of the sole . |
| 4 | He reined in when he saw that Alexei was in the garden , watched for a time , and then spat expressively to left and to right and rode on . |
| 5 | Julia was about to let her in when she saw what she had in her mouth . |
| 6 | In fact , she was on the point of reining in when she saw that Beador had come to rest on the top of the trunk ; he stood there , poised like a trick rider in a circus . |
| 7 | I was just going in when I saw the sign . |
| 8 | And it was like rubbing it in when I saw my patient . |
| 9 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 10 | He was getting more beer in when I saw a motorbike pull into the car park . |
| 11 | Most cars move over when they see a Ferrari , except if it 's a Porsche . |
| 12 | She called out to the night-nurse who scurried over when she saw the red smear on the stiff white pillowcase . |
| 13 | Later she knocked at the star 's dressing room door , and her stomach turned over when she saw who was with her . |
| 14 | Barry Jones boiled over when he saw 63-year-old Vera brewing up for a local hospice on her day off . |
| 15 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 16 | ‘ If you were a gentleman , you would have just backed off when you saw this place was taken ! ’ |
| 17 | Her voice trailed off when she saw Ricky looking at her in utter amazement . |
| 18 | I did n't realize Farouk … ’ she trailed off when she saw Graham and Laidlaw both look past her , their eyes riveted on the man who had appeared in the doorway . |
| 19 | She broke off when she saw one of his eyebrows ascend aloft . |
| 20 | ‘ All the people waiting at the bus stops were shrivelled up with the cold ; they looked so miserable standing there but cheered up when they saw us coming along . |
| 21 | His eyes lit up when he saw the fire , for his hands were blue with cold . |
| 22 | He had given himself up when he saw his photofit picture on BBC 's Crimewatch . |
| 23 | His face lit up when he saw her . |
| 24 | He stood up when he saw Owen approaching . |
| 25 | His eyes lit up when he saw Owen . |
| 26 | If you want to know how I , and , incidentally , Joanna , are so sure that you and Robert love each other … well , it 's in your eyes when you talk to him , in the way he tenses up when he sees you — there 's a magnetism between you that is almost visible . ’ |
| 27 | Did you suddenly tense up when you saw the door ? |
| 28 | ‘ I just cracked up when I saw him . |
| 29 | Jay was knocked out by his work , Francis ecstatic over his tight torn jeans , and Lucy 's eyes lit up when she saw the portfolio . |
| 30 | And believe me , even your friends from Hell are gon na fade out when they see you with a lightning rod through your brain . |