Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
2 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
3 | Where I 've just dug . |
4 | Where I 've just dug there . |
5 | ( Apart from the last 2 bleak and miserable years , where I 've only managed to get to about 10 games because of my new secret life as a student . ) |
6 | I suppose that where I live now depends on the day of the week . |
7 | Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how . |
8 | They are very high quality soft pastels , with a wonderfully creamy texture which varies not at all from colour to colour , unlike other pastel ranges I have bought , where I have sometimes found that the darkest colours have been brittle and irritatingly scratchy to use . |
9 | Thing is I have n't got that much work this week , or I 've just got lots of little things to do but nothing major , I have n't got any big essays I 've just got lots of , you know , translations and |
10 | where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it ! |
11 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
12 | Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money . |
13 | Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment . |
14 | Inside it was cool and restful , with honey-coloured stone tiles covering a huge entrance hall , where she 'd promptly dropped her suitcase and flight-bag and made a dive for the kitchen and the fridge to quench her raging thirst . |
15 | She looked towards the bag , where she 'd lovingly wrapped the two priceless items , believing them to be precious — but only because they 'd belonged to her beloved father . |
16 | Blanche drove on and three hours later she was safe in Dornaway Castle , where she seemed so shaken that they put her straight to bed . |
17 | Caught in Berlin at the outbreak of war she was able to reach London , where she had already formed her own ballet company under Dandré 's management . |
18 | She pretended to search in the folds of her habit , where she had previously concealed the fox bag . |
19 | She wore riding clothes and her long dark hair hung loose where she had just unfastened it . |
20 | Her mother had picked her up bodily the night before and dragged her into her room where she had then thrown her on to her bed . |
21 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
22 | She will be accompanied on the year-long exercise by colleagues from Bristol University , where she has just completed her final examination for a zoology degree . |
23 | She has won her spurs in her role as Minister of Health , where she has frequently had to appear in place of her beleaguered former boss , William Waldegrave . |
24 | She remained in Paris during World War I , though she made frequent trips to the Brittany coast , where she did profoundly moving drawings of children . |
25 | Brown turned blonde for her own trial at Belfast Crown Court , where she appeared immaculately groomed with co-ordinating clothes and costume jewellery . |
26 | where you turn right to go into the nursery |
27 | I understood there was talk of taking up where you 'd both left off , ’ she reminded him . |
28 | What about Timo Metsola 's electronics outfit in Finland — where you 've just flown back from ? |
29 | Group A will be using the Stanley Library which is directly opposite where you 've just had coffee , and Group C will be using the Reception Room which is back towards the Porter 's Lodge on the right hand side . |
30 | That is why the Department has written to the Northern region saying in effect , ’ We hope you will take account of our reservations in the next year 's allocations , either in the formula or in tempering the pace of change where you have yet to satisfy yourselves and us that the adjustment you propose is entirely reliable . ’ |