Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Difficult you might have certain standards they must achieve , now for example er answer the telephones in three rings , answer your name and your department is that measurable ? |
| 2 | Those ‘ indestructible barriers ’ which in the Clark lectures he saw as characterizing post-Cartesian society are all too apparent in The Waste Land where in Bradley 's words , quoted by Eliot , ‘ regarded as an existence which appears in a soul , the whole world for each is peculiar and private to that soul ’ . |
| 3 | Where in hell 's name was my sweater now ? |
| 4 | Where in hell 's name do you think they got their hands on it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Where in Hell 's name have you been ? ’ |
| 6 | Where in heaven 's name have you been until now ? ’ |
| 7 | Where in heaven 's name did you get him ? ’ |
| 8 | Where in heaven 's name have you been ? |
| 9 | Where in heaven 's name was this place — and what was she doing here ? |
| 10 | Where in God 's name was Lachlan when he was needed ? |
| 11 | So where in God 's name is Crackbene ? ’ |
| 12 | He said pettishly : " What a place to die ] Where in God 's name are we exactly ? |
| 13 | For the closing phrases , by which time she 'd completely lost it and was just plain screaming , we all fell silent , because it was awesome ; and then when she had finished the victim of her fury slowly exited right on cue in complete silence , complete silence except for Madame 's heavy breathing and the sound of Gary playing recitative on the piano , for he had been playing along under her rage all the time , as if to support it , as if this really was music to our ears . |
| 14 | Until they reached the outskirts of Teddington they drove in silence , except for Lorton 's directions and Tolby 's sniffs . |
| 15 | Tom Peters , Michael Porter and the venerable Peter Drucker — these and a handful of others , all American academics except for Britain 's Charles Handy , are the spiritual leaders of the business world , the high priests of management . |
| 16 | After a sleepy first half , almost everyone had nodded off , except for Rovers ' Peter Heritage , who nodded the ball on to a greatful Eddie Gormely . |
| 17 | Oh God I 've never smelt , I did n't wan na say anything but like I 've smelt anything so nasty in my life except for Patrick 's knob . |
| 18 | Director Terence Young was delighted to find that the two actors seemed intent on working seriously — except for Marvin 's first scene which followed a boozy lunch and featured an equally boozy Marvin . |
| 19 | No more was said except for Mum 's moans and groans as she struggled to get the bedding upstairs to the attic . |
| 20 | It gives voice to women who may never have been heard except for Klein 's encouragement . |
| 21 | Miss Rose admitted she did n't remember much of that day , except for Celia 's long labour — which I did know about , but it slipped my mind — so it 's possible she 's forgotten other deliveries during the day , when there were other midwives on duty . |
| 22 | Yes but A Yeah that 's alright erm except for examples we where do up to ? |
| 23 | The room had fallen deathly silent except for Cranston 's abrupt questions , the equally abrupt answers and the snapping and crackling of the logs in the fire . |
| 24 | Before the thunderclap echo of the last shot had died away , the clearing was empty , except for Grant 's motionless body . |
| 25 | I do n't know what to suggest except for God 's sake be careful . |
| 26 | Tubs of daffodils stood outside every shop , except for Fox 's Lair , where a pair of bay trees flourished in ceramic pots . |
| 27 | Except for Jensen 's book , none of the major works on testing written by professionals during the period was reviewed . |
| 28 | Now that Unix System Labs has finally cut a deal for OSF 's Distributed Computing Environment , albeit through Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( UX No 384 ) , hopes are that X/Open may find light at the end of that particular tunnel too . |
| 29 | This is a useful concept although as Dunn et al . |
| 30 | But Holmes was thinking more about Sir Henry than about Stapleton 's cleverness . |