Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South . |
| 2 | And if I carry on with this relationship I shall just end up where I was in New York , miserable , unhappy , alone . |
| 3 | Establishing trends from the past is of enormous help in determining precisely where we are at present and where we should be going in the future . |
| 4 | But where we are on Rotherhithe Road , it 's empty . |
| 5 | And where we were with investors in people . |
| 6 | We are now back where we were in Elizabeth I 's days : a middle power , making our way in a world dominated by two superpowers , and doing so through intuitive manipulation of balances of power , as we have always done over the centuries . |
| 7 | First , it is essential that cycles be accepted on routes where they are at present accepted — and preferably on all routes . |
| 8 | First , ‘ the national interest demands that woodlands should be managed in accordance with the principles of good forestry ’ , and second , where they are of amenity value , the owner has ‘ a public duty to act with reasonable regard for amenity aspects ’ . |
| 9 | A major requirement of a religion then , must be that , above all , it shall be capable of a simplified , but undistorted interpretation capable of being taught to the very young in such a way that it will instil in them the stirrings of what will become their consciences , that is , they will harbour a subconscious awareness of the fundamental nature of right and wrong as these are applied to those areas of human aspirations where they are beyond dispute . |
| 10 | In the spaciousness of a large chamber they may make only four or five a second , but as they approach the rock walls and need to know exactly where they are in order not to crash into them , they increase the speed of the clicks until they are emitting as many as twenty a second and the sound becomes , to our ears , an almost continuous rattle . |
| 11 | Either the gang leader ( or leaders , where they are in partnership ) will employ the gang members direct , paying national insurance contributions and operating the PAYE scheme , or more commonly , each gang member will be employed on a sub-contract basis . |
| 12 | Both Dr York and Dr Itzhaky teach in the School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University , where they are in charge of the community work specialization . |
| 13 | The Partial Indemnity Clause will apply to group schemes e.g. vehicles in the ownership or control of a firm or association and otherwise eligible for fleet terms but where they are in fact insured in the name of particular individuals . |
| 14 | I can remember several policemen being reported missing at the police station where they were on duty . |
| 15 | They struck in Milbank Road where the pots were worth £50 and in Stanhope Road , where they were worth £100 , on Wednesday afternoon . |
| 16 | Rural Britain is full of retired brigadiers and industrial captains , chaps who got where they were through diplomacy , cunning and an instinct for knocking heads together when the bugle blew . |
| 17 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 18 | One of the problems , he said , was that staff were resisting a plan to relocate them from local offices , where they were in touch with industry , to remote district offices . |
| 19 | McEnroe , 33 , who has taken their three children to Fort Worth , Texas , where he is in training , refused to comment . |
| 20 | Last night the incorrigible priest was back at Weight Watchers , where he is in line for the Recidivist of the Year award . |
| 21 | Warne 's exploits in the Old Trafford Test , when he grabbed eight wickets , have catapulted him into the Top 10 of the Coopers and Lybrand Ratings , where he is within sight of another Aussie scourge of England , absent medium-fast bowler Bruce Reid . |
| 22 | The Mirror discovered she was involved in allegations against Stephen and told police and his lawyers in Wolverhampton , West Midlands , where he was in custody . |
| 23 | I emphasise this point because popular topographical books still tend to suggest that any particular place is sited where it is for defence reasons , or because it is near a source of water . |
| 24 | The control was actually mounted where it is in anticipation that the unit might be used at a fixed voltage output for a particular purpose . |
| 25 | If you asked him where a particular coin was he would be able to tell you exactly where it was on display , even to where it was pinned in a case . |
| 26 | Although I was at art school for four years , I was hardly ever there , I always worked at home . |
| 27 | Although I was in pain I was conscious and can remember seeing Callanish itself . |
| 28 | ‘ No , it 'll be a night out I would guess , although I 'm for home myself first , to get some shuteye . |
| 29 | I 'm happier at work than I am at home … |
| 30 | I 'm more comfortable here than I am on holiday . |