Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nellie had no idea where her friend Aggie could obtain a neutered tomcat but she had made enquiries . |
| 2 | Her life had not been particularly adventurous and at school , where her friend Rosie Fortinbras courted adventure , she had been regarded as a dull girl and a plodding worker . |
| 3 | Hilda Eaton 's home was once the snooker room of Vale Royal District Council 's fire station , where her husband Percy used to work . |
| 4 | Again , anyone like Daphne Sheldrick , who wrote The Orphans of Tsavo about the wild animals she reared in Tsavo National Park , Kenya , where her husband David was for many years the highly successful warden , knows that African elephant calves are easily tamed . |
| 5 | With a career in speech therapy behind her , Liz decided to go on to study for a post-graduate degree in Marine Archaeology at St Andrews University , where her husband David is Professor of Chemistry . |
| 6 | Michaela Dyson returned home from a holiday in Spain to find a one-ton cube of crushed metal on her driveway where her Ford Cortina had once stood . |
| 7 | Royal Fusilier Butler , 23 , wrecked a flat in Bolton , Greater Manchester , where his wife Joanne , 24 , and six-week-old daughter Amanda lived with Alan Murphy , 28 . |
| 8 | The door of No. 1 , where his wife Cissy Salt dressed , was ajar . |
| 9 | Johnny Nelson , the British cruiserweight champion , has been given the chance to succeed where his Brendan Ingle stablemate Herol Graham failed earlier this year , and bring a world title to Sheffield — and with home advantage . |
| 10 | When Nigel 's not working , he retreats to his Wiltshire home , where his daughter Kate , now 13 , and Polly 's sons , William , 10 , and eight-year-old Ben , are frequent visitors . |
| 11 | Where his friend Charles Williams had achieved only phantasmal fictions that struggled implausibly to marry realism and the supernatural , Lewis turned that improbable formula into stories that compel attention . |
| 12 | After the verdict he was hugged by his tearful mother Patricia Bell before walking outside where his solicitor John Turner read a prepared statement on Mr Nichol 's behalf . |
| 13 | Fourth , the Roman choreographer Pietro Sodi had worked at the Comédie ltalienne from around 1746 , where his brother Charles ( C.1715–88 ) was violinist and composer . |
| 14 | Wally has a range of kennels at Hullbridge ( Essex ) where his trainer Jim Connolly sends out runners for BAGS track Hackney . |
| 15 | Hills 's lease at Manton also terminates at the end of next year , and he could return to his original yard in Lambourn which he still owns and where his son John trains . |
| 16 | Computer technician Barry Daniels , of Epping , Essex , yesterday asked two judges to rule that the shutdown of the unit at Westminster Children 's Hospital , where his son Rhys was to receive a potentially life-saving operation , was unlawful because proper consultation procedures were not followed . |
| 17 | ( d. 1238 ) , bishop of Coventry and Lichfield , was in all likelihood a native of Stainby , Lincolnshire , where his brothers Gilbert and Master William of Stainby held land . |
| 18 | The manager of Goddards , ‘ Wiggy ’ Harris , had at one time been a teacher at the local ‘ School of Art ’ where his father Mr. Joseph Harris was Headmaster . |
| 19 | And he had to put on a brave face as he manned the tombola stall at a primary school Christmas bazaar where his children Adam , seven , and five-year-old Amber were among the revellers . |
| 20 | ‘ Is this where your Uncle Matthew wanted to build houses ? ’ |
| 21 | The spacious premises on the first floor were completely reorganised including a new studio where our designer Jacquie Taylor , is able to work with potential customers creating individual designs on the new H.C.S. desk top computer . |
| 22 | I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 23 | I have two young children , so my wife Denise does n't work and I have a £50,000 mortgage . |
| 24 | ‘ I do love big breakfasts because we are not far from Bury and they make the best black puddings in the world , but I do want to stay healthy so my wife Judith makes sure I keep a very balanced diet . |
| 25 | ‘ My mother was an only child , so my grandfather Probert entailed Gullholm on me , which means I could n't sell the place , even if I wanted to . |
| 26 | More than my cousin Ben and your Gary . |
| 27 | I 'm fifteen , six years younger than my brother Chuck , you know . |
| 28 | As far as I know , no one else in the Dale caught it — except my Uncle Tommy , my father 's brother who had come to run the farm for us when my father died at such a tragically early age . |
| 29 | Although Mabel was a more sympathetic personality than her sister Ethel , when it came to discipline she was equally strict , the difference being that she did not take pleasure in enforcing the ruthless repetition that was necessary to get the routines to perfection and consequently the Girls adored her . |
| 30 | By the order of words the poet even hints that Thessaly is more fortunate than her sister Sparta . |