Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [Wh adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his lovemaking , the damsel complained bitterly about how the chain round the King 's waist chafed her skin , so James removed it . |
| 2 | When she was feeling down , Old Mother Walsh was always going on about how the snake was slithering in our direction . |
| 3 | Like the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , I thought hard and long about why the Government had reversed their decision . |
| 4 | I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two . |
| 5 | If we had several surveys at our disposal , and those aged 45 or less were always more prepared to break an unjust law , regardless of when the survey was undertaken , this would be an example of a pure age effect . |
| 6 | That will comprise a potentially exempt transfer regardless of where the life tenant resides or where his ordinary place of residence is or where he is domiciled . |
| 7 | These are delivered to each desk on a single windowed workstation screen , regardless of where the application is actually running . |
| 8 | By this time many of the London borough councils , such as Islington , Brent and Southwark , were confidently expected to invest , regardless of where the paper was based . |
| 9 | A gay text is one which lends itself to the hypothesis of a gay reading regardless of where the author 's genitals were wont to keep house . |
| 10 | Robert Dodds , managing director of Broadcast Innovations , a sponsorship firm backed by two advertising agencies , told a conference last week : ‘ There is an arrogant belief on the part of broadcasters that advertisers should support their output regardless of where the programme is scheduled . |
| 11 | This was so , despite the fact that many of the charges were minor and could not result in terms of imprisonment , and regardless of how the cases turned out if indeed they were ever proceeded with . |
| 12 | In keeping with the rationale of the legislation , the effect of the House of Lords ruling was to make guilty a tippee who knowingly traded in shares on the basis of unpublished price sensitive information , regardless of how the information was obtained . |
| 13 | He believed his tactics would win , regardless of how the opposition played . |
| 14 | Regardless of how the data was processed , however , the resulting valuation report was always a short , printed , paper document . |
| 15 | Fortunately , two of these ladies , Mme de Carette and the Countess des Garets , have left their memoirs , which are invaluable contributions to the understanding not only of how the Court functioned but also how the Imperial couple lived on a daily basis when they were not on show . |
| 16 | I position my head above her backside and let some spit fall down onto where the knuckle is caught on the ring of muscle , then push my finger filly into her . |
| 17 | Hoomey wondered who he would go along with when the day came his parents arranged his getting married , for Sikhs arranged it for their sons , Hoomey knew . |
| 18 | Mr Lawler never mentioned again that he 'd refuse to go , aware now that was a stance he 'd have to back down from when the time came . |
| 19 | The degree to which this is possible depends very much on how the brain has evolved . |
| 20 | In other words , the way in which authority should be delegated depends very much on how the organisation 's tasks are analysed . |
| 21 | As we looked out of the shattered window and across the field opposite to where the Corporal was pointing , another burst of fire hit the house . |
| 22 | He did not immediately dry his face but knelt over the stream , looking down to where the sun was glinting on the pebbles , turning them momentarily into stars . |
| 23 | She rested on the boulder and from it looked down to where the river ran shallow and offered a breeding ground to a lively population of insects . |
| 24 | On the fell edge near Brackensgill we looked down to where the river Dee meanders through the valley like a slow-worm . |
| 25 | We are spending now , if this budget is accepted , a mere eleven percent of the standard spending assessment levels which means that in time we are going to get down to where the government is going to demand that we . |
| 26 | He reached the top of the wall and , lying flat on the thatch , pulled himself quickly upwards until his body lay slanting just under the spine and , by raising himself a fraction , he could look over the roof-tree and down to where the beach lay . |
| 27 | She looked elegant , yet slightly intimidating , her long legs in over-the-knee black suede boots as she followed Ace down to where the helicopter was waiting to fly them away from all their guests and the ubiquitous Press . |
| 28 | Satisfied , he knelt and cleansed his hands in a pool of salt water and walked back down to where the ferryman was patiently waiting for him . |
| 29 | But the outflow is perennially full , white water pouring down to where the moor cleaves open and lets it fall to sea . |
| 30 | She crossed to the window and looked down to where the pool sparkled in the early sunshine . |