Example sentences of "[adj] places [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Makepeace , who dreaded public places where he might meet the boys of Burleigh , sat longer than any , pretending to go through the disgracefully scrappy mathematics homework that his classes saw fit to throw his way . |
| 2 | We used to deliver them to various different places where they were rented out . |
| 3 | Another form of sun-clock employing the direction rather than the length of the sun 's shadow was the sundial , but the Egyptians who invented it were far from understanding the subtleties involved in making an accurate instrument of this type , which must be calibrated for the latitudes of the different places where it is to be used . |
| 4 | When we approached she took to the steep places where we could not follow , and so we left her . ’ |
| 5 | There are some places where we keep the best till last . |
| 6 | He used it whereever he could and in some places where he should n't like in the rainwater system . |
| 7 | So consequently a lot of stuff that ended up on record was the more soulful , slower stuff , but I have some places where I really get to stretch out on this record . |
| 8 | Nearly all have favourite places where they regularly sleep or drink or hunt and most move around along particular trails . |
| 9 | It seems that Humphrey had several favourite places where he viewed the progress of the works , one such place being between the weighbridge and the steel works . |
| 10 | There is a famine of hearing the word of the Lord in the land , but few places where we can confidently expect to hear it . |
| 11 | ‘ There are a few places where we might meet one such … . ’ |
| 12 | Some information on survivors is very sketchy , and in order to maintain some form of balance in the listing , we have refrained from giving serial numbers , registrations ( in the few places where they apply ) or similar . |
| 13 | For the very poorest the station was one of the few places where they could encounter the better-off , and attempt some income redistribution by the provision of services like newspaper-selling , boot-blacking , hawking , or simply begging . |
| 14 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 15 | There were a few places where he 'd disturbed dust , and he blew on them hard to blur the marks and redistribute the deposit . |
| 16 | There can be few places where you can indulge yourself so cheaply as the chateaux of France 's Western Loire . |
| 17 | That house was one of the few places where I preferred to be different from the others . |
| 18 | But they prefer wet places where they can hunt for frogs , fish , molluscs , crustaceans and worms . |
| 19 | ‘ We wish , my brother and I , we wish you to take some of our money and to invest it for us in — in such places where you invest your own . ’ |
| 20 | Then , once the ads have been developed , it is the media person 's job to identify the specific places where they should appear , and to plan and cost a media schedule for the campaign . |
| 21 | Well that would suit me cos I ca n't stand these places where you ca n't hear yourself speak ! |
| 22 | The to say anything is that we all have natural places where we feel comfortable , we all have particular styles where it 's easier to eat it 's more comfortable , perhaps is an example and very comfortable just staying where we are being passive it 's nothing particularly prognostic about that for us . |
| 23 | In fact , five minutes after checking the record collection ( nothing worth taping ) and the obvious places where you 'd lock the booze away from the hired help . |
| 24 | Trevor Miles broke his left arm in three places when he was pushed into a wall by some boys at school . |
| 25 | Bed is one of the prime places where you can lie without getting caught , where you can holler and grunt in the dark and later boast about your ‘ performance ’ . |
| 26 | The Tables remove the need to list ‘ common subdivisions ’ in each of the many places where they might be applied ; indeed , one list suffices for applications with respect to many different subjects . |
| 27 | In a letter ‘ On her Mopsus ’ Leapor writes : ‘ I am to confess , that I have drawn my own Picture in many Places where I have described this unlucky Hero ’ [ ML , 2 , 316 ] . |
| 28 | I know some brilliant places where we could use them . |
| 29 | As far as I can judge , there is a great longing there for France , Italy and all those places where they were once unable to travel but now can . |
| 30 | . do n't this is one of those places where you have |