Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pron] [be] [v-ing] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 2 | No one was supposed to know where he was operating from . |
| 3 | You know simple language , they wanted to know where he was coming from , but Jesus it says would not say a word in answer to any of those accusations , but then the High Priest says are you the Messiah , the Son of the Blessed God . |
| 4 | Mind you , you do n't know where they 're coming from though do you ? |
| 5 | ‘ George Foreman does n't know me , he does n't know where I 'm coming from — I 'm a pretty level-headed guy . ’ |
| 6 | And when you do n't know where you 're coming from , it 's more difficult to be clear about where you 're going . |
| 7 | G. does n't know where it 's coming from , but waves a hand in the direction of the houses , suggesting a pipe may have been wrongly connected , or a sewer has broken . |
| 8 | I do n't know where it 's coming from , and frankly , I do n't give a monkey 's . ’ |
| 9 | She do n't know where she 's coming from or where she 's going . ’ |
| 10 | Nothing particularly wrong with that but that does show where they are coming from when they are looking into being with as I call it the so called traffic problems of St Albans . |
| 11 | ( I guess in an ecumenical setting it depends where you are coming from ! ) |
| 12 | The thing is , the thing is , the thing is I can see where everyone 's coming from , but it 's , it 's thinking about it in the future , |
| 13 | At 09.35 we had a cup of coffee on Hayward 's Heath station , where we met a member of the Bluebell Railway who could see where we were going from our BCRS members . |
| 14 | Right , and stem the bleeding if you can see where it 's coming from attempt to stem the bleeding , bung the hole up , okay ? |
| 15 | Peterborough PPC : We can see where you 're coming from , and indeed , some companies have already done what you suggest with regard to demonstration versions of their software . |
| 16 | Right yeah erm not much more to add really I sum er summary of needs , I think that 's okay and you explored and probed quite well , the picture was good and all that , I could see where you were coming from . |
| 17 | ‘ I can see where he 's coming from . |
| 18 | We 're trying to bring the knowledge of black history out so that people know where we 're coming from and have no reason for prejudice and fear . ’ |
| 19 | Erm I think that you know where we 're coming from which I think the phrase you 've used before . |
| 20 | I think I think we know where we 're coming from there and I mean that 's worthwhile . |
| 21 | But I think if you put your thoughts on the table at least you all know where you 're starting from |
| 22 | Erm no it it it y you know where I 'm coming from on this , the suggestion is that Se |
| 23 | But I 'm damned if I know where it 's coming from . " |
| 24 | Because , I mean , I know where it 's coming from , some of it 's coming from Stanley , who , who thinks if I do n't stand down it will damage Ruth 's chances . |
| 25 | Because when they , they know where it 's coming from , sort of . |
| 26 | They never say where the money is coming from and they never will , but the taxpayers know where it is coming from — it will be coming from them . |
| 27 | I 'm so stupid that I started doing cocaine to try to understand him — to get close to him and understand where he was coming from . |
| 28 | But if in fact we knew where we were starting from , we could see the movement from the last period , the period and we 've got an explanation of what that means |
| 29 | ‘ I can tell where you 're coming from , Rog . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But I ca n't tell where it 's coming from . ’ |