Example sentences of "when we see a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were discussing the necessity of spending the night in the station waiting-room when we saw a taxi . |
| 2 | When we saw a doctor , the doctor , having read our notes , asked about us as a person . |
| 3 | One day , soon after our night outside the castle , Princess Flavia and I were riding through the town when we saw a group of people dressed in black going to the church . |
| 4 | Future page makeup programs that also have yet to see the light of day include SPUD , now called Scoop , which looked truly amazing when we saw a preview last year , and MacPage which is an Israeli program primarily designed for broadsheet and newspaper production . |
| 5 | It was very much a situation where you helped yourself , so when we saw a family group move from their table , I rushed in and sat down . |
| 6 | Yet consider the difference when we see a drawing or a painting on an ordinary street or house wall . |
| 7 | In a world of TV , anonymous journalism probably could not have survived : when we see a face , we want a name ( besides , print journalists were needed as guests on TV current affairs shows ) . |
| 8 | Thus , when we see an increase in the numbers , it is difficult to know what it means , Social research other than the obvious fact that more children live at home while legally in care . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll sing you a song , mates , ’ yelled back Bobby hoarsely , ‘ I 'll sing it from the roof-tops when we see an end not only of this strike but of every useless , time-wasting ; pointless strike we 've ever seen in this country in the last half-dozen years . |