Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My nose was running again , and my thumb was throbbing where I 'd cut it on the piece of glass in the bin . |
| 2 | She noted everyone in the choir , indeed , as part of a determined effort not to gaze all the time at Giles Carnaby , who was in the back row , in the middle of the tenors , straight ahead of her , where she could consider him in detail — silvery hair , grey herring-bone tweed jacket , greenish shirt , paisley patterned silk tie ( so much for not gazing … ) |
| 3 | ‘ Is that where you would like me to be , Shiona ? ’ |
| 4 | Flour beetles breed best at 25 C , so you should try to find a warm room or cupboard where you can keep them for 3 or 4 months at least . |
| 5 | ‘ They were interested in everything they saw and were told , and obviously identified many areas where we can provide them with advice and help , ’ said Hunterston Station Chemist Peter Young who was one of their hosts . |
| 6 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |
| 7 | that we should not have been asked to comment on … the way the curriculum would be affected by these materials and how the school itself would be looking at its way of using them , other than perhaps information skills where we could help them with commercial publications to give them some ideas . |
| 8 | First , all the activity may be confined to the summit crater at the top of the volcano , just where one might expect it to be . |
| 9 | You take one or two , having studied the collectors of the world , and the highly professional fences of the antique market , and place them where they 'll bring you in the best and safest return . |
| 10 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 11 | Not like they were in the dreams he had had recently , where they could torment him without his being able to retaliate . |
| 12 | Almost immediately they began working out the details of their new counselling service — or , as they preferred to call it , their chat-line — and how and where they could fit it into their already busy schedule . |
| 13 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 14 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |
| 15 | She had the Monument built on top of the hill so everyone could see it as a landmark . |
| 16 | Step 2 of the Anonymous Fellowships states " Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity " . |
| 17 | " Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity " . |
| 18 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 19 | I would not let you from David 's side willingly , no more than I 'd send him into the battle without a shield . ’ |
| 20 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
| 21 | I do not want to play games in colour on my TV , I can do household accounts with a piece of paper and a pencil , I can learn languages easier from a book and a tape recorder , if I want information I can look it up and read it far faster than I can get it from a screen and I can turn back with a nip of the finger and read it again . |
| 22 | In the meantime , I am always obedient to the Whips , so I shall leave it at that . |
| 23 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't seem to have much hesitation about speaking your mind , whether I want to hear what 's on it or not , so I 'll speak mine for a change . |
| 25 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 26 | The shares should go quickly , so I 'll ring you at 9.00 a.m. tomorrow . |
| 27 | I know a bookie so I 'll ask him about it . |
| 28 | There have been quite a few happenings since then , but my fingers are getting tired , so I 'll save them for another article . |
| 29 | ‘ People would n't play it , so I used to tape it from John Peel 's show . |
| 30 | When I came up to him , he stood stiffly aside so I could precede him up the stairs . |