Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] saw [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He presented the music box , which was received with every expression of pleasure by Isobel , and the monkey to Dorothy , who could not help laughing when she saw it , because it was so typical of a craze for stuffed animals amongst the girls she had met in Tollemarche . |
| 2 | They began to scream when they saw me , and their mother fainted . |
| 3 | But we all change , and I changed when I saw you . |
| 4 | Maggie exclaimed when she saw her sister framed in the kitchen doorway . |
| 5 | Lawler exclaimed when he saw her . |
| 6 | They stopped when they saw him , then dived right and left , but at fifty yards the rifle was lethal and Sharpe saw his bullet lift a man clean off the ground . |
| 7 | The others pushed on past him in the doorway , but they too stopped when they saw what was revealed on the other side of the windows . |
| 8 | She stopped when she saw me , wound the window down . |
| 9 | He stopped when he saw them and asked if they wanted to come with him . |
| 10 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 11 | Stapleton stopped when he saw us , and then walked forward again . |
| 12 | I began to laugh but stopped when I saw my uncle 's white face . |
| 13 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 14 | What had she felt when she saw him dead ? |
| 15 | How did you feel when you saw me with my beautiful Oriental mistress ? ’ |
| 16 | She wondered how she would feel when she saw him again . |
| 17 | She had lifted the larger pieces clear when she saw something buried in the grey ash . |
| 18 | I remember the stepmother , yes — did n't like when I saw her comin' t'the door . |
| 19 | I WAS really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a catwalk model parading a hat with a toy airplane on it . |
| 20 | He frowned when he saw them . |
| 21 | At the sound of footsteps the Captain looked around , and frowned when he saw it was Mum bearing down on him . |
| 22 | Mrs Tiggy-winkle put her grey curls round the door to see what he wanted and tittered when she saw me captive again . |
| 23 | The gallery owner sighed when he saw us . |
| 24 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 25 | How would Nigel react when he saw their small semi-detached , in a row of identical houses ? |
| 26 | He stiffened when he saw them and Devlin said cheerfully , ‘ Very pretty , son , but it looks to me as if someone 's been spoiling your good looks . ’ |
| 27 | He 'd die when he saw her nightdress ! |
| 28 | I thought Elinor Lambert would die when she saw it . ’ |
| 29 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 30 | ‘ No breakfast ? ’ she called when she saw him striding up the stairs two at a time . |