Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [be] [v-ing] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Francis [ 1982 ] Crim LR 363 , the accused had a stick with him when he demanded entry into a house , but not when he was stealing from a room . |
| 2 | The Ukrainian superstar had won every major championship since 1983 — with the exception of the European title in 1990 when he was recovering from injury — said : ‘ I had problems with the swirling wind . |
| 3 | The only conclusion that can be drawn from the above correspondence is that Stirling must have had some sort of operation in mind using parachutes during the period when he was returning from his second visit to Sirte . |
| 4 | The City players collected almost £1,000 to enable Lisa Johnson to join Lake in Los Angeles where he is recovering from a transplant operation on his knee . |
| 5 | Unless the traveller has some idea of where he is starting from and the conditions he may meet along the way , he is unlikely to be able to decide upon a satisfactory route . |
| 6 | He obviously likes Jimmy Page and it 's pretty easy to tell where he 's coming from , but he 's got a good sound and it 's really fresh . |
| 7 | ‘ I can see where he 's coming from . |
| 8 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 9 | The travel consultant on duty asked where he was ringing from . |
| 10 | No one was supposed to know where he was operating from . |
| 11 | I 'm so stupid that I started doing cocaine to try to understand him — to get close to him and understand where he was coming from . |
| 12 | You know simple language , they wanted to know where he was coming from , but Jesus it says would not say a word in answer to any of those accusations , but then the High Priest says are you the Messiah , the Son of the Blessed God . |