Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] see [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 Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him .
15 What had she felt when she saw him dead ?
16 Mr Coats awaits figures for his plan from the Treasury , which will collectively blanch when it sees them .
17 How did you feel when you saw me with my beautiful Oriental mistress ? ’
18 She wondered how she would feel when she saw him again .
19 ‘ You do realise you 're going to get the Press really going when they see you this evening , do n't you ?
20 She had lifted the larger pieces clear when she saw something buried in the grey ash .
21 I remember the stepmother , yes — did n't like when I saw her comin' t'the door .
22 I WAS really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a catwalk model parading a hat with a toy airplane on it .
23 He frowned when he saw them .
24 At the sound of footsteps the Captain looked around , and frowned when he saw it was Mum bearing down on him .
25 Mrs Tiggy-winkle put her grey curls round the door to see what he wanted and tittered when she saw me captive again .
26 The gallery owner sighed when he saw us .
27 He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist .
28 How would Nigel react when he saw their small semi-detached , in a row of identical houses ?
29 ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’
30 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 . ’
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