Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No human beings , except the courageous and experienced blind , are able to sense much in a strange place where they can not see , but with rabbits it is otherwise . |
| 2 | and her voice trailed away , as she simultaneously managed to imply that Brian had the Town Hall in the palm of his hand , and that he had enough money to buy his father a comfortable bungalow in a nice suburb whenever he felt like it . |
| 3 | In a rare case where it was not reasonably practicable for the complaint to be presented within that time span , that complaint must be made within such further period as the tribunal considers reasonable . |
| 4 | But if , with this job one , they could , they could say right well we 'll put you in a mental home where you will learn your skills , but you will only get ten pound a week |
| 5 | In a real world where you face managerial decisions and you have to make a decision , you can do one thing or a number of other things , but you ca n't do them all at once , it 's just not possible . |
| 6 | Not confined to France , corruption corrodes public confidence in a political system whenever it appears . |
| 7 | She was in a new place where she had never been before . |
| 8 | Her face cracked in a thousand lines when she smiled . |
| 9 | Not long after meeting him I went on a bus trip to a rally held in a big place where they had an enormous screen with Billy Graham appearing by satellite . |
| 10 | Her long black hair , which was always tied back in a knot at the nape of her neck , would spring constantly outwards in a curly disarray whenever she was suddenly excited . |
| 11 | All cetaceans draw in fresh air through this nasal orifice down into their lungs , releasing it and drawing in a fresh supply whenever they return to the surface . |
| 12 | I asked Kim to put down on paper in a few sentences how she felt about her new shape . |
| 13 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 14 | I can just imagine what it 's gon na look like in a few years when it gets |
| 15 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
| 16 | And , in a few weeks when he sees how business is going , he will make the decision as to whether to confirm you in the part or to recast . ’ |
| 17 | ZOOLOGIST Kristy Bird 's love affair with Africa resumes in a few weeks when she embarks on a special project to study the impact of poaching on Kenya 's elephant population . |
| 18 | She was in a mindless world where she had forgotten everything about why he was there , mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men when , abruptly , shatteringly , he suddenly stilled . |
| 19 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 20 | The site was in a rural area in a particular situation where it might have been acceptable on planning and highway grounds but for the problems of smell and dust . |
| 21 | If Maurin wanted to kill me , surely he would n't attempt it in a public place where he might be recognized . ’ |
| 22 | Look why do n't you do the colouring for now and then I 'll help you do that in a little while when I 've done this bingo ? |
| 23 | Listening can be done in a classroom-type situation where you listen to a live language helper or to a tape recording which can be played over and over again . |
| 24 | ‘ The food would probably be excellent , ’ the novel ends , as Julian the camp-survivor muses happily to himself in a sunlit Paris where he has settled , staring into a favourite restaurant in the Latin Quarter : ‘ He began to examine the menu . |