Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late that afternoon we made a perfect three-point landing at the RCAF airstrip in Whitehorse , capital of the Yukon Territory , where I found shelter for the night in a bare but adequate room at the Whitehorse Hotel . |
| 2 | Her most unusual assignment so far has been interviewing Daniel Ortega at a dinner party , Sandinista style , where she drank rum with the bodyguards and was persuaded to dance with Ortega . |
| 3 | There is a poppy song , ‘ What I Do ’ , in which she dances around in leggings and a bra top , and a cover of Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz 's Sixties hit ‘ The Girl From Ipanema ’ done in smoky café style , where she takes advantage of the sensual Puerto Rican looks she inherited from her mother . |
| 4 | In 1988 , she stepped on to the ministerial ladder as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment , where she took charge of one of Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's pet hates — litter . |
| 5 | In summer 1799 they moved to Ballitor , county Kildare , where she had access to a good library . |
| 6 | Born in Stockton , she trained as a teacher and worked in schools throughout Cleveland and North Yorkshire , including North Ormesby Girls ' School , Ripon Training College , Grangetown Girls ' School , Widdale ( near Hawes ) and Wath , where she became headmistress until her retirement in 1946 . |
| 7 | After being admitted to hospital where she received treatment for breathing problems , she was said not to need any further treatment ( or was ‘ blocking a bed ’ which is not at all the same thing ) and discharged into a nursing home . |
| 8 | Fortunately , or unfortunately , that is easy work now : the iron horse speeds you along , you steam under the shades of Knockfarrel , which has on its summit a very fine vitrified fort ; past Strathpeffer Wells , Castle Leod , Lochs Garve and Luichart , through Strath Bran , till you reach Auchnasheen , where you change steam for horse-power , and get a little exercise in patience , waiting in the drizzling rain till the horses are rested , re-yoked , and ready for starting . |
| 9 | Role playing games ( or RPGs ) are basically Dungeons And Dragons type affairs where you live life as Twinky the Hapless Goblin , or Anthrax the Warrior Warthog . |
| 10 | To find out what tickets are available , how much they cost & c you first ring Ticket Call ( 0891–121680 ) where you pay money through your nostril to hear someone bloater on about competitions and how to enter them before you get the info you rang for . |
| 11 | The idealism which inspired this Act of Parliament was eloquently expressed in the House of Commons by Alfred Morris , MP for Manchester , Wythenshawe who had originally introduced this measure as a Private Member 's Bill : If we could bequeath one precious gift to posterity , I would choose a society in which there is genuine compassion for the chronically sick and disabled ; where understanding is unostentatious and sincere ; where needs come before means ; where if years can not be added to their lives , at least life can be added to their years ; … where the disabled have a fundamental right to participate in industry and society according to ability ; where socially preventable distress is unknown ; and where none has cause to be ill at ease because of disability . |
| 12 | The track gradually dropped to the rippling waters of the Hongu Khola , where we made camp on the banks of the river amidst azaleas and fragrang scrub juniper between the enclosing mountains . |
| 13 | Er , overall you know , we 're constantly looking where , for reducing staffing levels and where we see opportunity of that , we do it . |
| 14 | one crucial thematic differentiation between ‘ genuine art ’ and that offered by the Culture Industry : both raise the issue and the possibility of happiness in their very being , as it were , and neither provides it ; but where one keeps faith with it by negation and suffering , the other assures us it is taking place . |
| 15 | ‘ From the case cited [ Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 ] in the course of the argument it is shown that the principle has been laid down that , where one exacts money from another and it turns out that although acquiesced in for years such exaction is illegal , the money may be recovered as money had and received , since such payment could not be considered as voluntary so as to preclude its recovery . |
| 16 | For thousands of years the marmots had lived on the banks of the lake in Central Asia where they played host to a flea called xenopsylla cheopsis and a tiny bacillus , or disease , called pasteurella pestis , with no dramatic consequences to any of them , and not the slightest impact on the rest of the world . |
| 17 | The tries , three in the first half , when the USA had the wind advantage , were well taken , leaving the USA to ponder how a game where they had parity in the scrums and very much the upper hand out of touch , winning the lines-out 16–5 , could have been lost by such a comprehensive margin . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd do those clubs where they served chicken in a basket . |
| 19 | Towards the end of September the adult birds begin their long migratory journey south across the Atlantic where they will winter in the tropical seas of South America . |
| 20 | The chartered jet was carrying 248 US servicemen home for Christmas to Fort Campbell , Kentucky , from their stations in the Sinai desert , where they formed part of the Multinational Force and Observers designed to monitor implementation of the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel . |
| 21 | A number of courses give students an opportunity to go on a short relevant placement in an organization outside the University , where they gain experience of the world of work and in applying the skills they have learnt . |
| 22 | The alleged killers finally drove to a field near Burton Salmon , North Yorks , where they set fire to their car and escaped on foot . |
| 23 | On the other hand , contracts will only provide sufficient evidence where they give rise to a ‘ firm commitment ’ : the reporting entity 's obligation resulting from the contract can be enforced by an external party , and the circumstances are such that if necessary it will be so enforced . |
| 24 | The animal , ‘ definitely not a fox ’ , climbed onto a flat roof nearby , where they lost sight of it . |
| 25 | Article 85 is concerned with the operation of restrictive practices , where they affect trade between member states . |
| 26 | An hour after noon he wandered out of the room he shared with Bessie 's children and went into the kitchen , where he splashed water on his face . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the defendant should not be liable where he inflicts injury before or during intercourse but without that aim in view . |
| 28 | He joins the company from Gibson , Dunn and Crutcher , where he practised law for 15 years . |
| 29 | In 1878 he first visited the Alps , where he took part in several first ascents , chiefly with A. F. Mummery [ q.v . ] . |
| 30 | Mr Dutton reached Jamaica safely where he took charge of Bethany mission , Clarksville . |