Example sentences of "when [pers pn] see [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I saw that the Law meant one thing and the Gospel another ’ , said Luther , ‘ I broke through . ’ |
| 2 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |
| 3 | ‘ When I saw that he had drunk it all , I knew he must have felt bad . |
| 4 | When I saw that I wanted to be him , or one of them , or both of them , but anyway I was just so happy to watch them together . |
| 5 | So when I saw that , I dug my knee into |
| 6 | IT lifted my sorrow when I saw that the Mirror finally shamed the blundering DSS into paying a disabled man 's benefit increase after a nine-month delay . |
| 7 | I HAD to cry when I saw that blind singer Lennie Peters is fighting cancer . |
| 8 | His wife Jean , 70 , said : ‘ When I saw that it was the only laugh I have had since Theo 's death . |
| 9 | ‘ She even took this awful villa , it was offered , it was available ; and when I saw that she was firm about not letting any of her friends come out to stay with her , I decided to stay myself . |
| 10 | When I saw that , I was very unhappy . |
| 11 | This is just about to run out , so I was overjoyed when I saw that the Halifax had brought out another fixed rate offer . |
| 12 | When I saw that , I stopped stealing their food . |
| 13 | I howled even more when I saw that everyone was laughing at me , Andreas , my mother , various passers by . |
| 14 | I 'm real relieved when I see that , and head straight for the gap . |
| 15 | I get a bit of a shock when I see that , cos it comes away from the rest of his body . |
| 16 | I 'm just about to put it away in my file when I see that there is something else pencilled upside down at the bottom . |
| 17 | When you saw that happening you realised you had to go into other things . |
| 18 | When you see that film you want to say , God , he was perfect , and it was the same with Boy . |
| 19 | Normally it 's our job to dig , study , catalogue , understand the past , but when you see that what you have uncovered ca n't be protected , that this whole complex which is the heart and birth-place of the city can be destroyed in a moment , you feel quite sick . |
| 20 | If you are rearing those kinds that burrow into the soil , put some soil in the bottom of the cage when you see that they are fully grown . |
| 21 | If y i er when you see that You remember I said do n't assume anything ? |
| 22 | ‘ This is an exchange , not a rummage sale , ’ she said when she saw that Gloria had brought along no clothes to swap . |
| 23 | The document was in the name of Mustafa Ibn Assaad Shihada Zamzam , Mrs Zamzam 's husband , and when she saw that I recognised this type of British mandate deed Mrs Zamzam 's face lit up as if a great discovery had been made . |
| 24 | It almost broke her heart when she saw that darting look of imitation cross his face as she brought him bad news . |
| 25 | When she saw that her hopes might come to nothing , she was horrified . |
| 26 | Her step was much lighter than it had been the previous day , but when she saw that her inquisitor was n't the Obersturmfuhrer , her heart sank . |
| 27 | Her heart missed a beat when she saw that he 'd brought the Dane with him . |
| 28 | Moving towards the table to lay down her load , she almost laughed when she saw that they were playing cat 's cradle . |
| 29 | Mei Ling pretended a stare of disapproval , but when she saw that Alexei was watching , she smiled . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been through some interesting times of late , ’ Lucy told him , and smiled along with him when she saw that he understood the reference she was making . |