Example sentences of "[prep] where i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! ) |
| 2 | From where I lay I could see the repeated pattern of the sleepers slowly passing beneath the train . |
| 3 | Her head did not nearly reach his shoulder , and even from where I stood I could sense the gentleness , the protectiveness , which were to be her portion . |
| 4 | Even from where I stood I could see the white and yellow of dog-daisies and hawkear blowing in the sea-breeze like coloured veils over the green . |
| 5 | Even from where I stood I could smell the strong , stale wine fumes which permeated the stench of the ripped body . |
| 6 | From where I stand I can see through the half-open doors of the ward , the long lines of white beds , the charts , the flowers on the central table , whose scent fails to mask the smell of antiseptics as flowers on the bench must have failed to hide the smell of humanity from the judge in less sterile days . |
| 7 | Well to be honest Ja I ca n't see that far normally from where I live I can see the White Horse bank but it 's shrouded in mist at the moment erm no I ca n't see so I could n't tell you whether there there is snow up there or not . |
| 8 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 9 | Back to where I started I think . |