Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 2 | Actually , I 'm in a situation now where I 'd love to be celibate … but I really love sex . |
| 3 | The temptation to return safely back up where I 'd come from was enormous . |
| 4 | I must have fainted , and when I came to I did n't know who I was or where I 'd come from . " |
| 5 | There 's a pub about four streets away from us where I used to go with my dad . |
| 6 | I tried to find myself work ( such as washing dishes or mending clothes ) , where I could observe without being too noticeable . |
| 7 | It was my ex who got me fixed up with the job ; Dizzy owed him , and he owed me maintenance for Jed , and I wanted to get away from town and get involved in something where I could start to 69 respect myself again … everything kind of fitted into place . |
| 8 | It was n't like working here , where I could slip into Spanish when things got ropey , and afterwards we 'd all go to the bar and tone up the group dynamics over a few drinks . |
| 9 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 10 | ‘ I took her to Anglesey , ’ says Christine , ‘ where we have a house , and where I could concentrate on her completely . |
| 11 | The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ . |
| 12 | There 's nowhere else with such a great choice of books , nowhere where I can trawl through such a selection |
| 13 | ‘ Now you listen to me — if I ca n't have a chalet I must have a room where I can talk to Silas privately . |
| 14 | Want to get a 900 number , where people can call and get a message , where I can talk with them . |
| 15 | I am going to ask Daddy to take me back home where I can go to work . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm thinkin' of buildin' me a shed where I can work in peace , ’ he added , sucking his bleeding finger . |
| 17 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 18 | ‘ It is also my little laboratory where I can experiment with new dishes and new ideas . |
| 19 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 20 | So we hid it somewhere really good , where nobody 'd think of looking ! — Anyway , it do n't matter about putting it in the bank now , does it ? |
| 21 | ( In 1874 , whilst at her favourite residence at Osborne in the Isle of Wight , Queen Victoria made a number of trips to the post office at nearby Whippingham where she would stay for some hours comforting a dying deaf woman , Mrs. Elizabeth Tuffield , nee Groves . |
| 22 | Posh Porky seemed to be torn between going along with her old man to the synagogue and staying put at the shop , where she 'd sit by the window and start scoffing cream buns the moment he was out of sight . |
| 23 | She chose the Council because she felt she wanted something where she could contribute to the community . |
| 24 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 25 | Left home as soon as she could , McLeish observed , instead of starting where she could work from home . |
| 26 | The outcome of the exercise in the White Paper , I think , had three main parts : one was a new think-tank , the Central Policy Review Staff , which presumably reflected some of the stuff you 'd seen in the United States at Rand and so on ; the other was a new system of , I suppose you would call it , zero-based budgeting , where you would look at longstanding government commitments and see if they should stagger on — that was Programme Analysis and Review ; and , to reduce the weight on Cabinet , there were to be big conglomerate departments , which led to the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment . |
| 27 | In considering the issues of where you are , or where you would like to be , there is also a great tendency to think that the grass is always greener somewhere else . |
| 28 | where you might think in the centre of France . |
| 29 | Outside is a lovely garden where you may eat in fine weather , and occasionally the hotel offers zither music during the evening . |
| 30 | You can either stay at the centre during an activity holiday where you 'll sleep in a room for two to eight people and have all meals provided . |