Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] of [noun prp] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | The Syrian king , told by his captains that Elisha was the shrewd adviser , determined to capture him , and surrounded the hill town of Dothan where the prophet was said to be . |
2 | Several hundred private homes were also badly hit within a five-mile radius of Llandudno where the storm struck . |
3 | A few days later , in the town north of Weatherbury where the soldiers were staying , a wedding was arranged . |
4 | In the no-nonsense art world of Cologne where the word hand-written , printed , or tele-generated prevails , naturalistic painting occupies an ambivalent zone , a hot seat encircled alternately by irony or slightly apologetic nostalgia . |
5 | Within a few weeks of the outbreak of war , the Luftwaffe had a new name for the east coast of Scotland where the skies were patrolled by the young men of the City of Glasgow Squadron , and its leaders , Wing Commander Farquhar , Group Captain the Duke of Hamilton , and Squadron Leader Johnstone . |
6 | The trains still run along the coastline south of Jaffa where the family 's old orange groves stand . |
7 | THE AREA TO BE described in this book lies mainly in the north-west corner of Yorkshire where the Three Peaks of Ingleborough , Penyghent and Whernside rise steeply from a compact bedrock of limestone between Dentdale and Malham . |