Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This initially meant that the bed-wetter would be made to sleep in the guard-room , where during the night he would be wakened hourly for toilet purposes . |
| 2 | So there I am in some terra incognita by the name of Stoke Newington , which Stuart assures me is the next district where house prices are due to display tumescence , but where for the moment there dwelleth men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders . |
| 3 | Their worst excesses were committed when they reached the Delta districts where amid the Burmese there were villages of the Karen minority . |
| 4 | It was these which made progress relatively slow , and which on occasions even led the High Authority to bow down to views expressed in the Special Council of Ministers even where under the treaty it had undisputed authority to act . |
| 5 | In spite of the continuing scepticism and regardless of the clinical faults of the new drugs , many attempts were made to find out how and where in the brain they worked . |
| 6 | But the aim is to discover not merely whether there is more radioactivity in the brains of the trained compared with the control chicks , but just where in the brain it is located . |
| 7 | There is no set rate for this ; it depends on how many bedrooms you have , the type of property ( whether it 's detached , semi detached , a house or a bungalow and so on ) and where in the country you live . |
| 8 | He must be a man now , and she , Cynthia , had not the slightest idea where in the world he was . |
| 9 | The council may recommend the nature and form of a reply or correction ‘ including , in appropriate cases , where in the paper it should be published ’ . |
| 10 | This is why , with baits that differ in size , weight , and where on the bottom they lie in regard to cleanliness , we have to use various permutations of length of bite indication , that is to say , the amount of free line we allow it to take before striking . |
| 11 | The first tactical decision is over where on the line you start . |
| 12 | Where among the fathers there had been one representative each of gamekeeper , watchman , pilot , none of these trades was represented among the husbands : instead there were one each of policeman , teacher , minister of religion , prison warder and two farmers : occupations entirely absent from the list of fathers . |
| 13 | Thus , where at the outset it has been decided ( Clause 12.01 ) to leave the goodwill of the firm out of individual account so as to allow it to enure for the benefit of the continuing practice , or where , for similar reasons , revaluations of partnership assets have been ruled out , this should be specified ( Clause 12.02 ) . |
| 14 | Except for the hotel which is the most wonderful walk hotel |
| 15 | ‘ There are n't any lies about Mudhoney — except for the shit we make up ourselves . ’ |
| 16 | The characteristic heart-shaped facial disc had come through an almost golden colour , and her breast was a stunning white except for the top which had a very faint tint of golden brown . |
| 17 | In practice , only approximate figures can be obtained , except for the sources which are major individual contributors to the overall emission in an area and therefore subject to more precise measurement . |
| 18 | Despite this , Sarajevo 's main newspaper , situated only 50 yards from the front line of battle , has published an edition daily , except for the day it was bombed . |
| 19 | The victim is invisible , fully shrouded : except for the bit we 're working on . |
| 20 | Great excitement ( except for the Indians who ignored it all ) . |
| 21 | erm The response has been for that authority then to groin its bit of beach , and so we end up with a situation today where along the Sussex coast practically the whole of the coast is groined , except for the areas which are backed by high cliffs , erm where we have the sorts of rates of erosion that I mentioned . |
| 22 | I 'd always thought it would be embarrassing to have a man undress you , especially the suspenders which are so ugly and comic , but I helped , and except for the girdle which must be the most resistant , unromantic garment since the chastity belt , it was all easy and delightful . |
| 23 | Everything is pitched right in middle ground , for the softest underbelly of taste , except for the lights which are high camp . |
| 24 | The Tree Spirits ' bodies did not thicken in the way that the Trees , their homes , thickened , except for the Oaks who had sturdy , rather shapeless trunks . |
| 25 | He did n't have a friend on Tahiti — except for the girl he played his love scene with . |
| 26 | And that 's all anyone knows … except for the girl herself . ’ |
| 27 | These were all forms which failed towards the end of the Cretaceous , except for the crocodilian which still live on , virtually unchanged , today . |
| 28 | These Associations each have a full-time secretariat ( except for the L.B.A. which is served by honorary officers ) and function on similar lines to the local authorities themselves . |
| 29 | Inside it was cool and sombre , the pillars stretching up into the blackness , the nave and aisles silent except for the birds which nested under the eaves outside . |
| 30 | At Chicago airport , I filled in a ‘ missing baggage ’ form and set off to my hotel , minus socks , tights , knickers and shoes , except for the ones I was wearing . |