Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i saw [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did erm , mention , I think on one of them which was the erm Tim , this is the upstairs , I did actually mention that when I saw it to Roger . |
| 2 | Yes , you said that when I saw you at the station , ha ! ha ! ’ |
| 3 | I think I 'd almost convinced myself that when I saw you I 'd be cured . |
| 4 | Mind you it does look better than when I saw it last . |
| 5 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 6 | ‘ And if I saw it on , say , Julia Roberts or Demi Moore in a film I 'd think it was wonderful , but it 's not me . |
| 7 | There was about her something inhuman , and while I saw her as fey rather than remote , I was aware of my own inhumanity : something in me which was arid and incapable of desire . |
| 8 | And when I saw her again I asked her about what had happened , the name of the family , just offhand . |
| 9 | His body was hairy , muscled , well-shaped , and when I saw him strip for bed he reminded me of a gorilla about to pounce upon its prey . |
| 10 | He vanished again behind the boat-house , and when I saw him again he was aiming fast for the cliff path , with the bag once again slung over his shoulder . |
| 11 | Until I was four years old this sort of behaviour continued , then a brother was born and when I saw him , my first frightened question was : " Can he read ? " |
| 12 | The non-assertive quality is of course obvious in all the uses of blend dare which parallel those of the full modal : ( 48 ) And when I saw he was attracted by someone else , the fear and the jealousy that seized me ! |
| 13 | She helped me as well and when I saw you were ill I did for you what she would have wanted me to do . ’ |
| 14 | I felt like going for a ride and when I saw you take horse I followed , seeking companionship . |
| 15 | I remember many things , and I recall that hat , because I had one once , too , and when I saw you … |
| 16 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 17 | It was er advertised in the er it 's advertised in the paper , and when I saw it there well , I er recordings from as many places as possible and it 's an ideal opportunity |
| 18 | ‘ Last month someone brought a red double-decker London bus down to the Algarve to promote British goods , and when I saw it I almost cried . ’ |
| 19 | And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart . |
| 20 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 21 | Oh , they 'd told me , but until I saw you I could n't believe it . |
| 22 | I 'd heard that American Music Club were something wonderful , but when I saw them at the Grand in Clapham recently , I was n't that impressed . |
| 23 | ‘ But when I saw them I could n't believe how clean they were — and they 'd recovered all the pieces . |
| 24 | I had n't known him when he had left for Britain , but when I saw him I somehow knew that he was my father . |
| 25 | But when I saw you that first time in the garden , I most certainly wanted you , My Cassie . |
| 26 | ‘ I know it 's too late now and that it — it does n't make any difference , ’ she said raggedly , ‘ but when I saw you again I knew that I loved you , too . |
| 27 | But when I saw you tonight , working so desperately to save lives and help people , I knew exactly how deeply and hopelessly I do love you . |
| 28 | ‘ At first I could not believe it , but when I saw it hanging on the wall of this house , I was flabbergasted , ’ he said . |
| 29 | But when I saw it tonight I had just struggled as far as the road . |
| 30 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |