Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bedtime — you look as if you 'll fall asleep where you sit at any moment . |
| 2 | I do rather resent it when there are other council committees , there 's Town Hall Strategy Working Party in the afternoon , now if we 're going to be sure that we can all get to this without conflict with other committees , erm I had to be there on behalf of the Lord Mayor because she had duties , erm and I was very sorry not to be able to come , because I have dealt , visited many occupational , I wanted to visit the officers , and you know , it is n't always possible where you have a conflict of interests . |
| 3 | Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) . |
| 4 | Perhaps you 're exhausted where you 've had a gear problem . |
| 5 | We 'll put it right where we think it matters , on the training field and we 'll keep playing with the philosophy of working , training and competing . ’ |
| 6 | Got him right where you want him , have n't you ? |
| 7 | I do not favour either approach above the other but am using each where I feel it is most illuminating . |
| 8 | ‘ Is n't that where we start ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Is that where you 've been ? |
| 10 | Is that where you want to go ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That where I live friend , ’ I told him . |
| 12 | ‘ There are a lot of blanks in the Thirties where we do n't know a great deal about it and there was a period just after the war from 1947 through to the middle Fifties — that 's another gap . |
| 13 | We kept to the paths , being specially careful where we put our feet ; ground nesting species are at their most vulnerable in spring . |
| 14 | After jointing and gluing ( be careful where you stop and start your tongues ) , two pieces can be cut off to finish at four and a half inches each . |
| 15 | If you use a mirror in this way , be careful where you position it . |
| 16 | Road-running jars the spine and leg joints , so a visit to the soft green of the local park is much better — but be careful where you tread . |
| 17 | Something that I noticed is in the towns like Kirkwall and Stromness there 's a kind of slovenly way of speaking Orcadian where they go butter water . |
| 18 | ‘ It must be very different where you come from , ’ Lady Grubb said enigmatically to Len , who came from Putney . |
| 19 | Maybe it 's different where you come from . |
| 20 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 21 | Is n't this where you line up for the tram coming home from work ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ This where you mean ? ’ the drive asked his companion who was a young social service worker in a green track suit called Shirl . |
| 23 | The single high-density distribution disk slips into the drive , you type INSTALL , answer the usual ‘ is this where you want it ’ questions , and off it goes . |
| 24 | ‘ Is this where you live , Mr O'Hara ? ’ |
| 25 | Only do this where you think there may actually be someone of the right calibre available . |
| 26 | ‘ Is this where I make the noble suggestion of keeping away at weekends to leave you free to sail as much as you want ? ’ he demanded . |
| 27 | Another number , ‘ That Would n't Be You ’ , was replaced by ‘ Is This Where I Wake Up ? ’ , sung by Crawford , Diana Quick and the dancers , who included Suzanne Danielle and Jo-Anne Robinson , who subsequently became the star 's secretary and girlfriend . |
| 28 | My right hon. Friend the Chancellor has made it clear where we stand and we now want to know where the Labour party stands . |
| 29 | This is why , before you embark on any kind of anti-drug crusade with your children , you have to be clear where you stand — and not just on the subject of heroin . |
| 30 | Moreover , hospital early discharge schemes have been slow to develop , yet are immensely popular where they have taken root . |