Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faye had been taken to Labour and Delivery , where she waited in a private room for Dr Greene 's arrival . |
| 2 | Picture an island near Zanzibar ringed by a virginal coral reef where you stay in a thatched hut amongst palm trees on a pristine beach . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , he has not honoured the spirit of the words that he used in Committee , where we engaged in a long debate about the value of the assets and the effect on the workers . |
| 4 | The flaps stood up on either side of her ankle , and were laced together where they met in a stiff ridge over her foot . |
| 5 | The connections are sealed joints and only the Electricity Board may make these joints and provide the two service wires to each house , where they terminate in a sealed , fused container . |
| 6 | Afterwards , the actor was swept from the courtroom and along the corridors , closely pursued by screaming fans and on to the court steps , where he said in a prepared statement : ‘ This has not been a case about homosexuality and I resent any suggestion that it was . |
| 7 | He threw out a hand , clutching at empty air , then fell backwards , tumbling head over heels down the steps , finally crashing to a stop at the bottom , where he lay in a spreading pool of blood . |
| 8 | Her eyes had become focused on the firm line of his lips , and a scalding message raced into her belly where it clenched in a strange , anticipatory tingle . |
| 9 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 10 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
| 11 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Lucy had no intention of reverting to the former subject , so she said in a determined voice , ‘ I would like to get on with the job . |
| 13 | So , a story set in contemporary Britain is likely to be easier ( for British pupils ) than one set in a different period of history or in a different culture or environment . |
| 14 | The use of new materials and new geometric shapes , shorn of ‘ redundant ’ decoration , implied a lean , fit , up-to-date industry , rather than one revelling in a pre-war Victorian complacency . |
| 15 | Their house was too small to put us up so we stayed in a new motor camp a few miles further along the road , in Portobello ( odd to get all these Edinburgh names , 12,000 miles away ! ) . |
| 16 | Her son had been detained on his way to Dunvegan , so they lunched in a stately dining-room , and then went to the drawing-room to meet the family . |
| 17 | Except he lived in a big house up on the Ridge . |
| 18 | The Bill does nothing to increase the powers of the courts if order should break down inside a prison , although it touches in a new way on some of the matters relating to aiding and abetting an escape outside a prison . |
| 19 | Fuchs wanted to solve his finance problems by selling off two Picassos in order to set up an endowment fund : the attempt was foiled although it resulted in a healthy debate about de-accessioning in Dutch museums . |
| 20 | For a few anxious moments Franco thought he was dead but he came round within a minute or so although he remained in a semi-conscious state . |
| 21 | Johns ( 1991 : 10–11 ) makes similar claims with respect to topic-prominent vs. subject-prominent languages : ‘ in a topic-prominent language linear arrangement follows the scale of CD far more closely than it does in a subject-prominent language ’ . |
| 22 | Immediately afterwards the colour begins to return and , as it is used , the mark of the pen progressively becomes richer so it draws in a graduated fashion . |
| 23 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 24 | If I behaved in a similar fashion I would expect to lose my ‘ ticket ’ and be imprisoned for a considerable time . |
| 25 | That over I can remember nothing until I awoke in a pleasant ward with three other mothers who had already seen their offspring . |
| 26 | If Ah lived in a clapped-out city like this with inflation at two hundred per cent , or whatever it is , Ah 'd dae just about anythin' fur payment in solid US dollars . ’ |
| 27 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 28 | She just could not think why you needed special socks if you slept in a single bed ! |
| 29 | If you have never worn them before , racing flats will feel hard and narrow , particularly if you train in a usual high midsoled road shoe . |
| 30 | cos if you get in a big organization like N H S , they provide a creche . |