Example sentences of "where [pron] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I went to the kitchen where I knew the Coke was , but made frantic question mark signals to Nell about the rest . |
2 | I directed him to the corner where I knew the compost heap was . |
3 | ‘ Do you think that was where I saw the body ? |
4 | I snatched his sliding door open and went back into the arctic cold where I punched the button to summon the lift . |
5 | Never guess where I got the shirt from will you ? |
6 | Guess where I got the story ? ’ |
7 | That 's where I got the idea . |
8 | And that was where I got the knowledge about the extra money , and that is the only thing that I remember about from him . |
9 | ’ I just stood up to him one day — do n't ask me where I got the nerve from , because he was a bloody big geezer . |
10 | I see the sign saying Welcome to Inverness just as I remember where I left the car and where I left from this morning and just before I turn and stamp to the nearest desk and demand in my highest dudgeon to be taken to Edinburgh on a charted Lear if necessary or limoed immediately to the highest-starred hotel within a reasonable radius for a free overnight dinner , bed and breakfast and unlimited bar tab . |
11 | That 's where I heard the word . |
12 | For the sunshine you have brought to a place where I thought the sun would never shine any more . |
13 | Back in New York I stayed at the Park Central Hotel ( now the Park Sheraton ) where I made the acquaintance of a young American actor called Tom Sanders . |
14 | In a very short time he heard Mary say , ‘ This is where I found the key … and this is the door … and this … this is the secret garden ! ’ |
15 | I grimaced at Ellen , then went topsides where I found the ship being steered by its automatic pilot and Thessy and Jackson Chatterton perched halfway up the mainmast with reels of rigging wire from which Thessy was fashioning a parallel set of starboard shrouds . |
16 | I HAVE recently returned from a trip to Italy where I visited the grave of my uncle , Harry Simms , at Bari War Cemetery . |
17 | Just in time , for the bed where I placed the case is flashing its warning negative/ positive , and I snatch the stitched handle , just in time , as it fades out . |
18 | Three long , wooden stalls occupied the centre where I guessed the choir stood during practice . |
19 | Also there is blood near the bush where you left the sack . ’ |
20 | Back in the 1940s , though , it was taken a lot more seriously , so that actually getting to the point where you popped the question was a big commitment . ’ |
21 | Refer to where you saw the vacancy advertised . |
22 | " I do n't know where you got the idea I was ill , " I said as heartily as I could . |
23 | ‘ I really do n't know where you got the idea that I 've been avoiding you , ’ she said with laudable calm . |
24 | that 's where you got the top , the first thing you come to is |
25 | Not really it 's quite self explanatory because I was wondering where you got the business and that from . |
26 | You 've conducted all over the world , including one place in India where you told the orchestra to play forte throughout in order to defeat the noise of the air-conditioning , the Vatican , and the great open-air theatre at Epidaurus in Greece . |
27 | But I 'm sure that the shop where you bought the guitar would be only too pleased to run through its essential workings with you , if there is anything which remains unclear . |
28 | This commences with a quarter loop ( back cyclic , positive pitch ) followed by a vertical climb ( neutral cyclic , zero pitch ) , a half roll ( full lateral cyclic ) , a further vertical climb ( if you are lucky ) , a stall turn ( full rudder ) , a vertical dive back to the point where you started the climb ( still zero pitch ) and another quarter loop ( back cyclic , positive pitch ) to recover . |
29 | Jog back to where you started the hill and do the next repeat . |
30 | Well no not really cos you could find once you 've found it , once he 's , where you found the clog |