Example sentences of "[art] position from [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 That is the position from which he should be negotiating , but he has not started to do so yet .
2 You must always stand so that you face the opponent because this is the position from which you can launch the maximum number of powerful attacks and place your opponent at a disadvantage .
3 If the weaker goat gets itself into a position from which it can not escape , it may be gored , and indeed may be killed .
4 The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later .
5 Wedged inside that drum he drowned , his little legs waggling pathetically as he gulped and squirmed and tried to get his arms into a position from which he could lever himself out .
6 I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits .
7 Instead I have to start by describing something of the unease I feel about its use and study within the literature , and gradually move toward a position from which I can either offer a definition of labourism or construct boundaries within which it exists and operates .
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