Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second hand had stopped where it had met the pin inserted near the 55-second mark . |
| 2 | While I was struggling to stop it , frost was formed where it struck my already cold hand . |
| 3 | Because of the way he was looking , his parted lips , his wondering eyes , she felt desire , a flicker of it , the first sign , the first time for months , a movement like a string being plucked where she thought her womb was . |
| 4 | things , I mean where we went |
| 5 | Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ? |
| 6 | I 've only ever seen part of it I mean where they get it rigged up and the hit man keeps coming back and he , he keeps seeing him and he 's , he 's walking round the place and |
| 7 | Erm w I mean where they do n't work when somebody offers code and they do n't work , there 's not a lot you can do other than sort of make some informed guesses as to what might be going wrong . |
| 8 | I mean where you buy the , the thing from you 'd think the seldom , the spares as you want them about every four months |
| 9 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 10 | Oppression lay on me like a dead beast , not gaunt and stiff-legged like the animals which lay where they had dropped along the desert road , but soft and smothering like something from which the breath had only just gone . |
| 11 | She swore , but lay where she had fallen . |
| 12 | And I lay where I fell , fighting to hold back the tears which threatened to engulf me . |
| 13 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 14 | But in July Mary of Guise was able to fight back more successfully , and at the end of the month the two sides made another truce , by which Edinburgh was to be free to choose its religion , and Catholic observance was not to be reinstated where it had been suppressed . |
| 15 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 16 | One way of allocating groups quickly and randomly , ensuring a good mix , is to ask the children to sit in a circle , allowing them to sit where they want , and then counting round the circle , giving each child a number — one to eight , then starting again . |
| 17 | They did n't allow me to sit where I chose . |
| 18 | His thick black curly hair seemed to grow around his head like a crown , leaving his forehead exposed where it had receded . |
| 19 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 20 | Apart from the light from Craig 's torch , still propped where he had left it against the main power conduits , the chamber was dark and empty . |
| 21 | The motorhome will be the lucky winners ' base for the next two weeks , offering them freedom to go where they please to explore New Zealand 's unspoilt areas of breathtaking , natural beauty . |
| 22 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
| 23 | And some of the great families had n't been too happy about nomes being able to go where they pleased , without having to ask permission . |
| 24 | And that woman where we got Angela 's dress from , if er Karen 's peach dress does fit her , well at least Karen 's there to be able to go where we got Angela 's dress from . |
| 25 | Why do they have to go where it says : Danger ? ’ |
| 26 | I 've used a balloon in Africa but you tend to go where it wants ! |
| 27 | Mr McCloy gave me a free hand to go where I chose , bar the two big outhouses . |
| 28 | colour this is not going to go where I want it to go . |
| 29 | well you do n't have to go where you give you one |
| 30 | All day long you will work and you will slave , Allowing wheelchairs to go where you pave , Just look at the kids to keep tiredness at bay , Because for them you are making it a better day . |