Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] they [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 2 | When plants are cleared from an ecosystem effects animals as it reduces their food resources and thereby creating competition and by sometimes cutting down their shelter and natural habitat forcing them to move to areas where they ca n't survive . |
| 3 | Now making these points to and then to go backwards still about what we 've been talking about and that is it 's the same with the opera and what you were saying about Harry Enfield and everything else , that you can an and Billy Connolly , you can bring certain groups of people into areas where they would n't previously have been , but you will not necessarily take them on the next leaf so for example , this is all gon na sound snobby and I 'm sorry but you know I mean a lot of people like Gilbert and Sullivan for example , but will not move on to Bizet or whatever it is and will never do that and I mean I have a problem with that I mean it , to me it 's not we 're not it 's just reality , but we have to understand that I mean we have to understand that in the context of sponsorship |
| 4 | Mr Orange warned that the costs involved in addressing environmental pressures on the worldwide oil industry were rising to a point where they would soon equal revenues . |
| 5 | It would be exaggerating to say that the basic capabilities of the electronic spreadsheet have reached the point where they ca n't be improved on . |
| 6 | And some people that 's where you 'll probably get mugged anyway , if you 're safe from well from one road cutting through the flats where all the empty flats are that is the point where they 'd probably get mugged and assaulted and raped and God knows what . |
| 7 | He was teasing her with this leisurely foreplay , stoking the fires inside her until they reached the point where they could no longer be contained . |
| 8 | But probably at the stage where somebody is spending two or three hours a day erm processing invoices , trying to get cash in , erm looking at the stock control , then that 's the point where they could very well consider a small computer now . |
| 9 | The developers ' profit margin is thus squeezed to a point where they can not ( should they , uncharacteristically , be so minded ) spend enough on quality and design . |
| 10 | But they have n't got it quantified to such a point where they can actually distinguish a tonsillectomy which might have a lot of procedures but actually takes about half a minute with er other things that are , you know , much much more complicated and the cost of tonsillectomies is unreasonably high compared with erm , you know , with |
| 11 | But if , on days when they can not see the sun , small magnets strong enough to drown the earth 's comparatively feeble magnetic signals are attached to their heads , they get lost . |
| 12 | The idea has proved popular among villagers , many of whom would like to see a return to the days when they could safely leave their doors unlocked . |
| 13 | Yet there are places where they would not be welcome . |
| 14 | If anyone believes for a moment that we should forget about the cause of asylum seekers , I ask them to read some of the evidence of people who fled from Chile , El Salvador , Burma and so many other places where they could not cope with the oppression against them . |
| 15 | No human beings , except the courageous and experienced blind , are able to sense much in a strange place where they can not see , but with rabbits it is otherwise . |
| 16 | Or fight from a place where they can only reach you one at a time , like a doorway or narrow staircase . |
| 17 | The living room is the room where they must n't take their toys . |
| 18 | And alternatives where they wo n't follow the procedure . |
| 19 | You ca n't put standards or Bosses with Squig units because the Squigs tend to eat them , or you have to put the Bosses at the back where they ca n't do anything . |
| 20 | Every tuft of grass , flower , bird , was precious to her and she wanted to store them in her memory , against the day when they would no longer be hers . |
| 21 | Of course the regular men they were kept on or when if it was a rainy day when they could n't go out and just do some odd jobs in the building say , when it was a a rainy day . |
| 22 | Thanks to a story two weeks ago in InformationWeek headlined ‘ Take One , It 's Free , ’ Unix System Labs is having to explain to potential Destiny customers why they ca n't have a free copy of SVR4.2 . |
| 23 | Erm , so that the , the purpose of bringing some of these corporate activities back into Policy and Resources where they can perhaps determine how that erm , is going to be managed in the future . |
| 24 | They took their drinks out on to the verandah where they would not be disturbed . |
| 25 | Conscription , though operated on the German model , produced more problems than solutions , since units of a racial group had to be allocated to positions where they would not have to engage their kinsmen across the border . |
| 26 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 27 | Declaring that he had actually never really trusted Wendling anyway , Mozart resolved that he would accompany Aloysia to Italy where they would both make their fortune , before going on to Paris . |
| 28 | His professional engineering career started on the truck side , and he sees his task mainly as miniaturisation to bring all the advantages of power and economy enjoyed by the heavy goods diesel driver down to the size where they can also be of benefit to the motorist . |
| 29 | The purpose of recording interviews is to give students a chance to see themselves in a situation where they ca n't predict the direction an exchange may take . |
| 30 | ‘ Grandma says this is the only country in the world where they wo n't let you feel the fruit . ’ |