Example sentences of "[noun] when i see [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , Ma , silly bugger or not , I can tell a piece when I see her , or smell her , and this one is n't wor Robbie 's type , nor none of our types . |
| 2 | Especially when I know an inferiority complex when I see one . |
| 3 | Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him . |
| 4 | so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you . |
| 5 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 6 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 7 | All at once I was gusted along , and really felt : a heartbeat when I saw him , a warmth when he touched me ; I smelt the flowers he bought me and the spicy perfume he put on his skin . |
| 8 | The boy when I saw him was sobbing hysterically . |
| 9 | I 'll savage Mona when I see her . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll tell Mama when I see her how good you have been to me . |
| 11 | And I 'm going to ask Mr when I see him that if he |
| 12 | I was unfamiliar with the equipment in the room , although I knew an operating table and anaesthetic apparatus when I saw them . |
| 13 | ‘ But I know a friend when I see one . ’ |
| 14 | The story had been taken up in yesterday 's paper by another lady , old-age pensioner Miss Judith Kennedy , a retired teacher who told a local reporter that ‘ I know an eagle when I see one because I lived in Cyprus for twenty years and there are many eagles there . |
| 15 | I can tell a race when I see one . |
| 16 | I must just jump up and down on Mrs when I see her at lunch time . |
| 17 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 18 | I went to Southport and was waiting at the hotel for Lee when I saw him roll up . |
| 19 | That was the first occasion when I saw my exercising as an irritating use of time , because it got in the way of our friendship . |
| 20 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 21 | When I met her at the airport after she flew in to London from Los Angeles recently , I caught my breath when I saw her because she just looked so lovely . |
| 22 | I can recognise a set-up when I see one , and you , Mr Burns , have been trying to set me up . |
| 23 | My love for Rosalind was nothing compared to Juliet when I saw her beautiful dazzling |
| 24 | I can tell a real man when I see one , believe me . |
| 25 | It was about a week later and my leathers were still a little ruffled after the grating incident when I saw him sitting all alone in the waiting room . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , I was on the other side of the river when I saw him , and by the time I 'd got round there , he 'd vanished . |
| 27 | She 's a big woman who 's always in a green housecoat when I see her in the evenings after the pub when , as often happens , her son and I end up at her house . |
| 28 | But I am fair , and I appreciate quality and style when I see it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Give me credit for knowing an illness when I see it , Shelley . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Jozef Taczek did n't talk about WIN when I saw him . ’ |