Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Jack Spier has trouble keeping his emotions under control whenever he looks at the Red Cross letter from his parents saying goodbye . |
2 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
3 | Can can we go back again to when you lived at the other place . |
4 | Food Giant claims we 're all spending far more than we need to when we shop at the well-known supermarkets . |
5 | Next day I lunched with Hugh [ Lygon ] and drank with him all afternoon and sallied out with him fighting drunk at tea-time when we drank at the New Reform until dinner . |
6 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
7 | It is possible that none of the top three will take the honours , for Edinburgh Civil Service are once again coming with a tremendous run , reminiscent of last season , when they fell at the final hurdle . |
8 | These top four bands will be rivals again next week when they compete at the European championships in Falkirk , Scotland . |
9 | Please pray for these dear brothers and sisters in Christ , and try very hard to hear Theo Angelov when he speaks at the Scottish Baptist Assembly in Edinburgh at the end of October . |
10 | AN alleged IRA gunman wore nothing but a pair of boxer shorts when he appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday charged with murder . |
11 | Allison claims to have started the idea in 1978 when he worked at the Clinical Research Centre in Harrow . |
12 | As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon , when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark . |
13 | A third took him into the garden where he looked at the neat undisturbed flower-beds . |
14 | He comes from Dusseldorf , where he studied at the famous Academy with Gerhard Richter , and shows large landscape paintings in which the natural is disturbed by human interventions , all seen from a rather high vantage point . |
15 | Impressed by the Method masters ' formidable screen and stage presence , Allen left fringe theatre for New York , where he studied at the famous Strasberg Institute ( former pupils include Marilyn Monroe and Method 's godfather Brando ) and worked by night as a doorman at the fashionable club , Nell 's , ’ to pay the rent ’ . |
16 | He grew up in Holland until at the age of I3 he was sent to live with his uncle , Henri Curiel , in Egypt , where he studied at the English school . |
17 | Wherever you looked at the French giant , Renault was making progress in 1992 where other manufacturers were struggling to stand still . |