Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you own or lease property where no-one is living you may have to pay a standard community charge in that area in addition to the personal charge in the area you live . |
| 2 | ‘ Have you ever thought why it gets dark each evening ? ’ asks Phil one day , as they leave one coffee bar where nothing is happening , and walk to another , to find out if anything is happening there . |
| 3 | Figure 2.2 reflects an organisation without a strict hierarchy where everyone is working quite independently . |
| 4 | After all in an age where everyone is becoming more environmentally aware , perhaps it is only fitting that even artists are getting into recycling . |
| 5 | Finally , my old friend Alistair Sampson set me up with a cheerful office over his shop in the Brompton Road , where I am gathering stock and beginning life again . |
| 6 | There was a noise in my room — this room where I am writing now . |
| 7 | I might be able to fetch my things from Crow Court where I am rooming a little later on , but as to work … ’ |
| 8 | Muthaiga Club , where I am staying , releases forgotten gusts of memory , like those lilies which only exhale their sweet perfume at night . |
| 9 | No it is n't quite as simple as that , not sitting where I am sitting . |
| 10 | I put my candle on the table , and sat down here , where I am sitting now , to listen to their story . |
| 11 | She is sitting exactly where I am sitting now . |
| 12 | Dear God , thought Alida , is it any wonder I am going where I am going , is it any wonder ? |
| 13 | I am afraid of what I have done and where I am going . |
| 14 | I can not take you where I am going . |
| 15 | I — we — the spirit world is assumed where I am coming from . |
| 16 | Your letter arrived early last week — Tuesday — and I picked it up as I was on my way out of the guest house where I 'm staying at the moment . |
| 17 | I have an open ticket for where I 'm flying to first . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps where I 'm taking you is to the nearest police station … ’ |
| 19 | Gently , but it rises , look right round where I 'm pointing , and you 'll see there 's a whole oval island of higher ground . |
| 20 | A profoundly deaf therapist said : ‘ I do feel that if I did n't have this type of job where I 'm meeting different people every day I would withdraw very quickly into myself . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If you were sitting where I 'm sitting , getting claims every day — and here I 'm talking about the firms at large , not Bill Morrison personally , you understand — you would n't want to know , would you ? ’ |
| 22 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think you can follow me where I 'm going , ’ said Wilcox . |
| 24 | ‘ Dear Eetzky , my best wee pal , Ma will tell you what I 'm doing and where I 'm going . |
| 25 | I mean , where I 'm going really . ’ |
| 26 | I 've always known where I 'm going , how I want things to happen . |
| 27 | ’ Where I 'm going to have a relaxing soak in AmnioEze , and a drink or two . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , I know exactly where I 'm going . ’ |
| 29 | Where I 'm going to sleep ? |
| 30 | Right now , though , these fine sentiments have got a fat chance of being put into practice where I 'm standing , boiling the milk for yet more midnight cocoa : with a baby of six weeks in the family , the philosophy of parental detachment is a far cry from reality . |