Example sentences of "a position from [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the weaker goat gets itself into a position from which it can not escape , it may be gored , and indeed may be killed . |
| 2 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 3 | Wedged inside that drum he drowned , his little legs waggling pathetically as he gulped and squirmed and tried to get his arms into a position from which he could lever himself out . |
| 4 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 5 | Instead I have to start by describing something of the unease I feel about its use and study within the literature , and gradually move toward a position from which I can either offer a definition of labourism or construct boundaries within which it exists and operates . |