Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Oh to get away so I could exhaust myself with intense experiences , where everyone spoke of intense subjects and never said " pass the bread and butter . "
2 On one of them , where I farmed for 45 years , while my employees who belonged there spoke Gaelic , I also from time to time employed Scots speakers from Alyth , splendid fellows , in whose speech I could recognise classical Scots words which occur in the poetry of the Scottish Chaucerians .
3 My father was not a rich man , but he was able to send me to Cambridge University , where I studied for three years .
4 I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air .
5 However , after being in the ‘ Rena ’ for a week , I became seriously ill with septicaemia and was moved to St. Peter 's Hospital , where I stayed for three weeks .
6 This weakens the analysis and suggests inappropriate and possibly divisive policies which ignore discriminations and disadvantages common to white and black students , or which impinge in varying ways upon boys and girls .
7 Have regard to the environment of care and its physical , psychological and social effects on patients/clients , and also to the adequacy of resources , and make known to appropriate persons or authorities any circumstances which could place patients/clients in jeopardy or which militate against safe standards of practice .
8 If only she could turn her back on the golden Dane whose gaze still ensnared her , lose herself in the masses and find her own way back to the hotel , but she was held where she stood by invisible chains .
9 Her parents then moved to London and admitted her as a free scholar to the sculpture studio in the Royal College of Art , where she stayed for four years and graduated an A.R.C.A.
10 After time off to have children , she became a secretary at Kendall Primary School , Colchester , where she stayed for five years before moving at Myland .
11 They settled Iris in the passenger seat of the Golf , where she sat with closed eyes .
12 Renowned for her ‘ tomboyish tastes ’ ( she would , even in evening dress , always carry a knife and some string about her person ) , Emma went on to the School for Ornamental Art and began to support early Victorian feminist causes , making an initial living as a restorer of stained-glass windows notably in the chapel of Merton College , Oxford , where she worked for two years in the early 1860s .
13 Who , seeing you reconciled after four years
14 Include five-minute intense relaxation spots during both morning and afternoon , where you concentrate on relaxing muscles , slowing your breathing down and calming your mind .
15 During the day we all became more confident and learned about another ‘ point of sailing ’ — ‘ beating ’ where you sail at 45 degrees to the wind .
16 You 're in for a quiet relaxing time , giving you a welcome chance to appreciate a mood where you dream of past successes either in the competitive line or in social relationships .
17 Or you know about all sorts of running problems .
18 Held : An occupier of premises owed the same duty of care to a fireman attending the premises to extinguish the fire as he or she owed to other visitors under s. 2 of the OLA 1957 .
19 The main concern of Out ( 1964 ) , Such ( 1966 ) , and Between ( 1968 ) is the process whereby the subject constructs his or her identity in and through the language of specialized discourses , and the way in which he or she acts on those discourses to make them ‘ run here and there again' .
20 The real value of regression therapy is demonstrated when the patient is aware of how he or she acts in certain circumstances but can find no reason for it at all .
21 Generally , the approach in this initiative is based on the conviction that the primary and most basic interface between the individual and the social world is to be found in the day to day transactions he or she has with other individuals .
22 Older people who have fewer than eight main meals each week , or who go for long periods of the day without food , are considered to be especially at risk .
23 This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes …
24 In much the same way his reference to the rundown , dirty and potentially dangerous state of public transport would strike a chord with commuters who use our shoddy and dilapidated railways or who drive on potholed roads .
25 It'a away at Man City and considering the last two visits to Maine road where we let in 4 goals each game , Is there any chance of us winning this game ? considering also that we did n't win any away games last season .
26 At the BBC , we try to reproduce sounds as accurately as possible , particularly in wildlife where we go to great lengths to find the right noises to fit the locations and species .
27 I 'm convinced he drew me aside , away from Jeeta and Jamila , into the store-room , where we sat on wooden boxes like skiving factory workers , because he was ashamed , or at least bashful , about his unsweet victory .
28 ‘ We may not be in the same league as Servette but where we score over most teams is with our spirit .
29 We were not far below the hanging glacier bivouac , where we stopped for two hours before pushing on to make the most of the night .
30 The successful 20 progressed to the International Open , where they competed with foreign challengers for places in the Grand Prix .
  Next page