Example sentences of "[is] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is how it shaped in a list of ten activities : |
| 2 | ‘ And that 's how it stayed for a long , long time . |
| 3 | And that 's when she bumped into a couple of famous faces . |
| 4 | In the case of a registered title there 's one occasion , as mentioned above , when you make a land charges search , and that 's when you act for a mortgagee . |
| 5 | The only time the ace dealer comes a cropper here is when he stumbles across a client who works in the oil trade . |
| 6 | Success is when you relax in an armchair on Friday evening , have a drink with your partner and forget about work for the weekend . |
| 7 | One context in which it makes a difference is when you refer to a text by page or line number ; different versions are often different in this respect , so the least you should do is tell your reader which edition you are referring to ( which publisher , editor , etc . ) . |
| 8 | No but the trouble is when I go on a diet the first place I |
| 9 | Which is why he spoke to a geezer he knows down Battersea , and the geezer down Battersea done him some nice concrete and rolled an acre of Astroturf on top . |
| 10 | This is why you started at a safe height . |
| 11 | This is where you agree to a percentage rebate on sales at the end of each year , half year or quarter . |
| 12 | The only exception is where it appears to a court that the reporting of the proceedings before it might prejudice the administration of justice in other proceedings imminently pending in another court , or shortly to follow thereafter . |
| 13 | A lot of the casualties are taken to Furness General Hospital , which is where I work as a consultant surgeon . |
| 14 | I think people wanted a change and that 's why they voted for a liberal democrat councillor . |
| 15 | I mean that 's why we went on a Thursday and they 'd changed their as a chap that seems very strange to me ! |
| 16 | Well he that 's why he wanders on a bit . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's why he looked like a bit of old parchment when he came back from Hungary . ’ |
| 18 | That 's why you slept in a field ? |
| 19 | They 're not tight , that 's why I went for a one cos I thought it 's like a trainer in n it ? |
| 20 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
| 21 | That 's why I dress like a policeman , so they do n't come up to you . |
| 22 | And that 's where I served as an office boy , kind of a a latter day Bob Cratchitt . |