Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] where " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the two social occasions when he had been with another girl , Liza had seen little of him , even though she had taken every opportunity to pass by the farmhouse where he was billeted . |
| 2 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 3 | At appropriate stocking rates there is a natural tendency for oxygen to move from the atmosphere where the concentration is high , to the water where it is low and conversely for carbon dioxide to move from water with a higher concentration to the atmosphere where it is lower . |
| 4 | Shanti 's mother loved her very dearly , and had tried for nearly two years to cope with the situation where she , as an Indian , had a baby with an African father . |
| 5 | It was the perfect moment to arrive in the city where I was to spend the next year . |
| 6 | That , and the need to earn a living , are the reasons behind his desire to stay in the US where he is seeking a green card as a full-time athlete having graduated from Stanford University last year . |
| 7 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 9 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 10 | It takes a measurable time for the motor to decelerate to the point where the clutch disengages and , during this time , it will tend to slow the rotor , which is undesirable . |
| 11 | The cysts leave the skin to lie on the bottom where they multiply by simple division — breaking up to infest more fish . |
| 12 | When you come to think of it though it 's s to me it makes sense to start at the top where we have done and work your way down does n't it ? |
| 13 | If there were a divergence in tax bills , then , other things equal , there would be a preference to reside in the locality where the tax bill is lower . |
| 14 | This enables a liquidator or administrator to apply to the court where , within two years before insolvency , the vendor has given preferential treatment to creditors . |
| 15 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |