Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since she gave up full-time employment where everyone touched their cap to her , she 's found the loss of identity difficult to cope with . |
| 2 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 3 | ‘ Either the seeds blew in — or someone planted them as a joke , ’ said a senior officer . |
| 4 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 5 | It 's there where I met him . |
| 6 | The dancer , on her way back to the United States , took Dana in her VW to Lisbon , Porto and Bilbao , where I met them , then we drove all the way to Paris . |
| 7 | A couple of blocks away is John Smiths , where I met my old friend Robert Clow , in company with his number two , Willie Anderson , current treasurer of the BA . |
| 8 | She was still sitting where I left her ; that was a good sign . |
| 9 | There it is sitting out on the garden path where I left it . |
| 10 | I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome . |
| 11 | The granny table where I ate my toast was now a cocktail cabinet , with studded plastic , three high stools , a Manhattan skyline of siphons and shakers . |
| 12 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 13 | You have n't even enquired about my holiday or where I spent it . ’ |
| 14 | Bozo stares up and down the road and wonders what to do before he finally fixes his bleary gaze where I hoped he would , and trudges away towards the phonebox . |
| 15 | When I saw buildings coming up , I drove the Felder off the track behind an outcrop of rock , where I hoped it was both safe and unobtrusive for the night . |
| 16 | At 5pm that day I went along to Anouska Hempel 's very individual and attractive showroom at 2 Pond Place , Chelsea , where I saw her really lovely couture collection , for which she derived the inspiration from Eastern Europe . |
| 17 | Without waiting for my assent , he pulled writing materials from his cloak , where I saw he had several notebooks . |
| 18 | I lay there in the Bomb Circle where I killed her other son , and I hoped that she was dead , too . |
| 19 | I dried off the needle and dropped it into the metal box where I carried my suture materials , scalpels and blades . |
| 20 | Where I made my mistake was in not checking back with his number in Freiburg at the edge of the Black Forest . |
| 21 | Cantona being the more obvious example , but I cant remember one sale where I thought we got a decent price . |
| 22 | I decided to rent a room for him in a house near ours , where I thought he would be safe for the moment . |
| 23 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
| 24 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 25 | South bank as well 'cause that 's where I started , where I got my first board ever . |
| 26 | I felt up from thigh to hip , and leaned close where I judged his face to be , but never a breath or a sign of life . |
| 27 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 28 | Where I had nothing , she had everything . |
| 29 | Leaving the main building at bedtime , I walked back through the old walled garden , the churchyard , and down the grassy lane to the cottage annexe where I had my room . |
| 30 | I watch the familiar shops and houses go by ; Mum 's old gift shop ( now a video shop ) ; the Arms , where I had my first pint ; Dad 's old garage , still doing business . |