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 . ’
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