Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She leaned forward and tapped his hand where it lay on the coverlet , supporting his weight . |
| 2 | On the eastern side of the county , indeed , where it lay along the Bedfordshire border , one acre in every two was dealt with by the Georgian planners . |
| 3 | He visited his father 's body where it lay in the abbey church of Fontrevault . |
| 4 | Everyone had seen the dead dog on the path , bloated and grey and bald where it lay in the mud , and the heaps of excrement , all teeming with the same flies that were sharing their food : and the association flooded their throats like vomit . |
| 5 | With a sudden flash of rage , she hurled the Browning far out across the dock , where it splashed into the water and disappeared . |
| 6 | Some of us went along and parked at Welshpool Station and took a look at the narrow-gauge line 's original terminus where it connected with the Cambrian Line . |
| 7 | It ran from Dingle to Seaforth Sands , where it connected with the L & y Railway . |
| 8 | Brainstorming on creative tasks has been a major activity in the advertising business where it began in the 1930s . |
| 9 | Riverside conditions such as that , must have continued to exist for a very long time , for when the Romans arrived and established — about A.D.47 — a settlement astride the River Fleet where it ran into the north bank of the River Thames , the River Fleet was about two hundred yards wide at that junction . |
| 10 | Where it ran into the special ceramic-and-leather codpiece that it tailored into most of my tights and leggings , a useful protection in many situations . |
| 11 | I tried to dust the grit off my forearm where it adhered to the sweat . |
| 12 | Yanto reached the end of the rock bridge where it disappeared into the hard sand The walking was now relatively easy as he made his way towards the first of the salmon traps , or kipes as they were called locally . |
| 13 | During the war it had been stored ( for safety ! ) in the crypt of St Paul 's Cathedral , where it suffered from the effects of high explosive . |
| 14 | ‘ It will be a stormy night , ’ Michael said , and Crane , leaning forward , took Allen 's dagger from his belt and flung it outside where it clattered on the stones . |
| 15 | Mick began , then paused where it asked for the name of the vehicle 's owner . |
| 16 | I followed the telephone cord and found where it went into the wall . |
| 17 | In a number of cases , grain was carried up the canal to the docks , was transhipped , and promptly retraced its steps along the canal to Saul Junction where it passed onto the Stroudwater Canal . |
| 18 | As for Eliot himself , he seemed to make himself absolutely at home , as he usually did in a small gathering , and he swung his leg over the arm of the comfortable chair , where it reposed throughout the visit . |
| 19 | Working with the head of naval aviation , Admiral Shigemi Inoue , Yamamoto submitted a detailed memorandum to the Minister — where it rested for the moment . |
| 20 | Ken put it on top of the locker , where it staggered around the perimeter mewing and testing space with its paw . |
| 21 | The designer is thus presented with information on the type of " failure " , its value , and where it occurred during the mechanism event . |
| 22 | From Iran turquoise was carried as far afield as west Caucasia , where it occurred in the Maikop barrow in the Kuban , and north Mesopotamia , where it was present in the same tomb at Tepe Gawra as lapis lazuli . |
| 23 | 15 years ago MOVIES were a major part of the schedules although the film of Up Pompeii starring Frankie ( Please yourself , missus ) Howerd was on back where it started on the small screen . |
| 24 | It first appeared three lines ago where it referred to the suns ability to give life to the earth of a cold star . |
| 25 | The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) , supported mainly by members of the scheduled castes , won one Lok Sabha seat and nine seats in the Assembly , where it emerged as the second party , having previously held no seats . |
| 26 | The tent had a damp patch where it sagged between the poles |
| 27 | The train braked to a shuddering halt at the Paisley signal box where it remained for the next thirty minutes whilst the driver and guard proceeded to examine the underside and topside of the train . |
| 28 | When the partnership was dissolved he moved his office to Great George Street , Westminster , where it remained for the rest of his life . |
| 29 | I trekked the length and breadth of Charing Cross Road and the surrounding area when I bought mine in ‘ 68 , and I still remember it was in a different league to everything else , although it crept into the £50 plus bracket , rather than the £40 I had saved . |
| 30 | Profitability displays no trend between the mid-fifties and the mid-sixties , although it dipped in the recession of the late fifties ( figure 8.2 ) . |