Example sentences of "[was/were] [indef pn] where " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Very well , ’ sighed Isabel , obeying only because she knew they had to find shelter , and there was none where they stood . |
| 2 | The position eventually taken up by Makarenko was one where the ultimate criteria of truth and morality had to reside in the centralized state . |
| 3 | On sterling balances , the pattern was one where some countries ran down their balances significantly , while others accumulated more . |
| 4 | The next phase of Haslam 's career was one where he moved about from company to company rather than from function to function . |
| 5 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 6 | ‘ Another scene cut was one where a man 's brains are splattered over a window . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It was one where the inquiry team had got to have an understanding of medical matters . ’ |
| 8 | The reason offered for this was that , by definition , a public place was one where the public were likely to be . |
| 9 | The sketch was one where he played a man contemplating how different life might have been had there not been a world war . |