Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 2 | Actually , I 'm in a situation now where I 'd love to be celibate … but I really love sex . |
| 3 | The temptation to return safely back up where I 'd come from was enormous . |
| 4 | I must have fainted , and when I came to I did n't know who I was or where I 'd come from . " |
| 5 | There 's a pub about four streets away from us where I used to go with my dad . |
| 6 | I tried to find myself work ( such as washing dishes or mending clothes ) , where I could observe without being too noticeable . |
| 7 | It was my ex who got me fixed up with the job ; Dizzy owed him , and he owed me maintenance for Jed , and I wanted to get away from town and get involved in something where I could start to 69 respect myself again … everything kind of fitted into place . |
| 8 | It was n't like working here , where I could slip into Spanish when things got ropey , and afterwards we 'd all go to the bar and tone up the group dynamics over a few drinks . |
| 9 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 10 | ‘ I took her to Anglesey , ’ says Christine , ‘ where we have a house , and where I could concentrate on her completely . |
| 11 | The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ . |
| 12 | There 's nowhere else with such a great choice of books , nowhere where I can trawl through such a selection |
| 13 | ‘ Now you listen to me — if I ca n't have a chalet I must have a room where I can talk to Silas privately . |
| 14 | Want to get a 900 number , where people can call and get a message , where I can talk with them . |
| 15 | I am going to ask Daddy to take me back home where I can go to work . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm thinkin' of buildin' me a shed where I can work in peace , ’ he added , sucking his bleeding finger . |
| 17 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 18 | ‘ It is also my little laboratory where I can experiment with new dishes and new ideas . |
| 19 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 20 | Her nightmares had deeply affected Richard , and so Beth had told her husband , ‘ Either they stay close by where I can hear them should they need me … or I 'll arrange for the children , and myself , to move to the east end of the house . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Or I 'll go to the police . |
| 22 | ‘ Answer up , or I 'll tread on your foot . |
| 23 | ‘ But I overhear people 's conversations , and sometimes I 'll get off a bus and follow them if I 'm interested ; or I 'll stand beside people pretending to be looking at something or reading , but actually listening to them . |
| 24 | You can appoint one of your own people to act as press liaison officer after that , or I 'll lay on someone for the job . |
| 25 | Richard get off the back of it or I 'll put in the buggy . |
| 26 | Or I 'll try to . |
| 27 | ‘ Walk with me , or I 'll charge for every swish . ’ |
| 28 | Bloody get out , or I 'll swing for yer ! ’ |
| 29 | I would drive a few yards through the gate marked ‘ private ’ and instantly be set upon by men wielding knobbly aluminium clubs , or I would return from the walk to find my car had been smelted into a set of folding tubular garden furniture . |
| 30 | He would make comments about them ‘ in the same way you or I would comment on a pretty girl and a wonderful pair of knockers ’ . |