Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bedtime — you look as if you 'll fall asleep where you sit at any moment . |
| 2 | ‘ It must be very different where you come from , ’ Lady Grubb said enigmatically to Len , who came from Putney . |
| 3 | Maybe it 's different where you come from . |
| 4 | Bourgeois society took for granted the sanctity of property , the supremacy of the market as a social regulator , the propriety of individual self-improvement and self-advancement , the abandonment of the traditional and irrational where they stood in the way of utility , and a belief in progress . |
| 5 | That 's damn funny where they went to ! |
| 6 | Earlier , at a London news conference , Mr Ashdown challenged Mr Kinnock and Mr Major to make clear where they stood in the event of a hung parliament . |
| 7 | So far in this chapter I have tried to spell out how important it is to be clear where one starts from , where present trends are taking one to , and to be ruthlessly honest about the threats from the competition and from the external environment . |
| 8 | Mrs Lemass made it clear where she stood by using a press conference in London at the launch of the sixth BDA week in October 1987 , for announcing that her committee would be calling on the European Parliament , the European Commission and the Council of Ministers to waive all opposition to the use of sign language and to demand official recognition within the EC . |
| 9 | As Katherine watched them and listened , she was suddenly aware that her father seemed different than he did in New York . |
| 10 | Now to me I sound a lot different than I do on tape . |
| 11 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 12 | Topics will include Compulsory Competitive Tendering , Local Management of Schools , the Community Charge and National Vocational Qualifications ( probably a lot more interesting than it sounds in black & white ! ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I was told he was interested so I wrote to him asking for advice on my career . |
| 14 | That evening Wycliffe 's after-dinner walk took him once more to Newlyn , but it was a fine evening and still light so he continued along the coast road , past the stone quarries , to Mousehole . |
| 15 | In the torrid heat of the afternoon the village seemed deserted so I hammered on an iron gate . |
| 16 | Yeah but , she did n't say these are all wrong once I look at |
| 17 | ‘ The violence against street children is now far more barbarous than anything inflicted on political prisoners during the worst phase of the military dictatorship , ’ said Benedicto Rodrigues dos Santos , of the National Street Children 's Movement , a welfare organisation that has documented the violent deaths of 1,397 street children since 1984 . |
| 18 | Erm , it would seem sensible if we look across the whole commission to try and even things out . |
| 19 | ‘ I think you 're very sensible if you feel like that about it . |
| 20 | If only she could jump on her back and not stop galloping until she got to Ricky and Palm Springs . |
| 21 | How this is done relatively to the subject and the grades will be clear if we look at some of the grade criteria for history , published in 1985 . |
| 22 | BELVILLE : Aye , for it must be very public if we go to church . |
| 23 | This service is free if you go to a justice of the peace ) . |
| 24 | They product five superb maps of the reef , free if you call at their offices near the quay . |
| 25 | Be careful if you stay at this level for long . |
| 26 | We all had a good laugh about it , but it was not so funny if you happened to be Keith Fletcher . |
| 27 | NOTE Because ears are so sensitive , it is very painful if you shout in the ear of someone whose aid is switched on . |
| 28 | Yeah actually , I 'd be interested if someone sitting on the planning committee , or perhaps a director erm , yeah or perhaps you could tell me , er , why why if the planning committee members are so concerned about this , did they grant the planning permission ? |
| 29 | She would not travel on the underground or in an aeroplane , and felt panicky if she went into a department store and was too far from the door or windows . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , would n't it be exciting if it landed near us ! ’ cried Hilary . |