Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] where " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Social problems are crowding in on a city where the body-count for murders rose from a record 1,905 in 1989 to a new record of more than 2,200 in 1990 . |
| 2 | With a twinge of conscience it occurred to her that it was not often Omi got out ; a rare trip to the theatre or a concert , Wannsee in summer , or Potsdam , but in the winter she was trapped in the flat , passing long , lonely hours looking on to a street where little happened . |
| 3 | No longer will you find yourself pushing on to a point where you say " that will do " and hastily include a few rounding off sentences . |
| 4 | Late in the night , towards moonset , Hazel was looking up from a cut where they were crouching to a little bank above . |
| 5 | After a hundred yards or so , the drive divided , leading in one direction towards a classroom block , in the other fanning out into a courtyard where cars were parked either side of the main entrance . |
| 6 | They were for teenagers , looking ahead to a life where anything wonderful could happen . |
| 7 | As a result evidence … clearly showed that the two Constables had been idling and gossiping together at a place where one of them had no right to be … [ and ] that the Acting Sergeant , on his round of inspection , met these two Constables together , failed to note in his book , as was required in the regulations , the place where and the time where he met them , and to see that the Constables then noted in their books the time and place of his visit … |
| 8 | I think the army thought they were going in to a situation where they could they could help , they saw themselves if you like as the referees er as a neutral party in between two sides . |
| 9 | I worry about my daughter , she 's growing up in a world where things are inevitably going ’ Asked whether he may just possibly have got it all wrong , Hopkins pauses melodramatically . |
| 10 | I was not going back into a situation where I only had myself to talk to . |
| 11 | If only people were the same , Harriet Shakespeare would not be staring up at a house where terrorists were holding her son . |
| 12 | ‘ You must have rennet spilling out of your ears , ’ Algy said to Louise , who by now was beyond taking pleasure in such moves of friendliness and simply handed round the dish with her left hand behind her back as she had been taught , feeling mutinous and thinking proudly of a homeland where not junket but fondue was the commonplace . |