Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 2 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 3 | Her nightmares had deeply affected Richard , and so Beth had told her husband , ‘ Either they stay close by where I can hear them should they need me … or I 'll arrange for the children , and myself , to move to the east end of the house . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Or I 'll go to the police . |
| 5 | Richard get off the back of it or I 'll put in the buggy . |
| 6 | I would drive a few yards through the gate marked ‘ private ’ and instantly be set upon by men wielding knobbly aluminium clubs , or I would return from the walk to find my car had been smelted into a set of folding tubular garden furniture . |
| 7 | Drops of condensed water fell on to her head from the ceiling and she thought , I must leave soon or I shall melt into the atmosphere . |
| 8 | or I shall dwell in the house of the insane for ever . |
| 9 | Posh Porky seemed to be torn between going along with her old man to the synagogue and staying put at the shop , where she 'd sit by the window and start scoffing cream buns the moment he was out of sight . |
| 10 | She chose the Council because she felt she wanted something where she could contribute to the community . |
| 11 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 12 | where you might think in the centre of France . |
| 13 | But in Durham we had three rooms and a toilet outside and a little garden where you could sit in the summer . |
| 14 | A handsome yet sylvan prospect where you could promenade to the music of brass bands . |
| 15 | One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time . |
| 16 | ‘ They have swimming pools where you can swim in the b-b-b-buff . |
| 17 | We 'll find a hotel where you can go for the night and then tomorrow you can come back here and talk to Kathleen . |
| 18 | There is no hope , he wrote , where there is no possibility of going wrong , where you can unthink in the afternoon what you have thought in the morning , think back in the evening what you have unthought in the afternoon . |
| 19 | Outside the classrooms there is a sort of portico where you can sit in the open , and at the end of it there is a sort of hamburger and cold drinks stall . |
| 20 | Their new delights this time include soaps where you can wash with the wrapping paper as well ; Flax and Rosewater lotion and Man Mountain No Nonsense Deodorant . |
| 21 | It 's just along from Brighton 's Naturist Beach where you can indulge in the luxury of an all-over tan . |
| 22 | And at the end of every exhilarating day , long summer evenings are spent in the warm welcome of a country hotel where you can relax in the company of newly made friends . |
| 23 | On our popular , and well proven itinerary , you 'll visit PEKING where you can marvel at the Forbidden City and Imperial Palace , the Temple of Heaven , Ming Tombs and the world famous Pandas . |
| 24 | More advertisements on the television , this time about those exotic faraway places which will really make you happy and where you can lie in the sun ! |
| 25 | Sporting types will find tennis , mini golf , horse riding and windsurfing all available , and there are a number of small shale beaches where you can bake in the sun and dream about being energetic tomorrow . |
| 26 | Springs Hydro is one of the country 's finest health farms , a haven of tranquillity where you can cast off the strains and stresses of life and feel thoroughly pampered — both mentally and physically . |
| 27 | If the terms of reference you have in mind are not precise , or if they are not explicitly stated , you may not go far enough in your investigations or you may stray outside the limits that your boss or client has in mind . |
| 28 | Or you may transfer to the solicitors ' branch . |
| 29 | It said , Watch it , Beano , or you 'll go over the edge . |
| 30 | Hang on , till I get the brake on , or you 'll run into the river . |