Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 After the reception in the Great Hall , where I met the Hon.
2 It ended up where I felt the whole world was on my shoulders .
3 In the end I retreated to the sofa , where I spent a cold , uncomfortable and furiously sleepless night .
4 I went by the Galerie de Diane and then down the stairs leading to the basement in the Pavillon de Flore where I followed the underground passage , badly lit — but where were the kitchens ?
5 where I mucked the whole thing up trying to get the
6 I stopped right there , where I had an uninterrupted view , and watched the rim of it flatten out , spreading fire along the ocean 's edge .
7 I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole .
8 I arrived at 10.30 and drove to 31 St Aldate 's where I found an enormous orgy in progress .
9 I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow .
10 I was articled in Worthing in 1966 with the Borough Council where I undertook a wide variety of conveyancing and litigation , and as a local authority employee , I was authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Court which gave me early experience in advocacy .
11 fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go .
12 Sally was the one , or somebody wanted the other programme I put the tape in and recorded
13 This bitch was also mated before she came into quarantine in this country , where she produced a large litter of ten .
14 Mrs James then told the court how she and Mr Loxton had been transported by the police to Nottingham some time later , where she saw the same man in a street there .
15 She went to the headquarters of the Special Air Services in Hereford where she underwent a ‘ terrifying ’ driving course where she learnt the basic techniques in handling a possible terrorist attack or kidnap attempt .
16 No one who saw the 1986 Gold Cup and knew of Dawn Run 's subsequent fate could look with unmixed emotions on her statue by the Cheltenham parade ring , where she left a permanent mark on racing history .
17 Moments later Rachel was beside the patient again , where she administered the antianginal medication spray beneath his tongue , then , closing his mouth , put the oxygen mask over his nose to assist his breathing .
18 She was privately educated , and then went to Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford , where she took a third class in classical honour moderations in 1897 .
19 She is in good form and hoping to break the 10-hour barrier today , having already done so in the European Ironman in August , where she took an individual bronze and a team gold medal .
20 They were in cupboards , boxes , bags , under beds , in drawers , behind cushions , and even in the big soup pan where she made the marvellous soups .
21 After they left , the victim became ill and was taken to hospital where she died a few hours later .
22 There she acquired the qualifications that took her in 1881 to Newnham College , Cambridge , where she got a first in the moral sciences tripos in 1884 , and a second in history in 1885 ; she also helped to form the Association of Assistant Mistresses .
23 But the alternative of returning to the hall , and traversing its crowded sixty-foot length to gain the opposite staircase leading to the upper storey , where she shared a tiny chamber with Adele and two of Matilda 's ladies , was just as unappealing .
24 She came to England in 1904 to study at the London School of Economics , where she wrote a doctoral thesis on the development of New South Wales , gaining a D.Sc .
25 However , as was pointed out by the Court of Appeal in Coward v Comex Houlder Diving Ltd ( 1988 ) ( reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-322 ) the conventional percentage does not necessarily apply where the wife had been earning a considerable sum herself prior to her husband 's death or presumably where she had a substantial private income : see also Davies v Hawes ( 1990 ) reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-323 .
26 She rubbed her arm , where she had a large bruise above the elbow .
27 The surroundings were full of interest : in the foreground we had Martha 's pig-store , where she kept a varied assortment of china and earthenware ; it also was roofed by the remains of an old pleasure boat ; Martha 's cabbage garden and potato plot , and Martha 's henhouse , where the roosters were alike honoured by having a boat-house of their own .
28 Rosalind was educated at St Paul 's Girls ' School and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a first class in part i ( 1940 ) of the natural sciences tripos and a second in part ii ( division I ) in 1941 .
29 The daughter of a sailor who was lost at sea , she was sent to the Dean Orphanage where she received a solid education and showed promise .
30 Ray was educated at Kensington High School and Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a third class in part i of the mathematics tripos ( 1908 ) .
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