Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | A scream begins deep inside me , a scream coming through a big , empty place , deep as the Colca Canyon , arid as the Nazca Desert , where nothing can give it comfort . |
2 | Once it 's properly launched , where everyone can see it , you wo n't have to worry too much about rocking the boat , ’ he said . |
3 | The Chairman placed a large digital clock on the conference table where everyone could see it . |
4 | Then I became a vagrant and travelled far and nowhere ; now I have come back to be near Callanish again , though quite where I shall go I do n't know . |
5 | I suffered agonies of suspense in silence , for I never knew when or where I would see you again , or whether she would be with you . |
6 | I think about what I 'm going to do next … what I 'm going to cook , the children , where I 'll take them out … this sort of thing . |
7 | My nose was running again , and my thumb was throbbing where I 'd cut it on the piece of glass in the bin . |
8 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
9 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
10 | Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play . |
11 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
12 | I need them written down , where I can touch them . |
13 | Have you any idea where I can find her ? ’ |
14 | ‘ Where I can find you . ’ |
15 | That will stop you walking round the streets and put you where I can find you , thought Coffin . |
16 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
17 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
18 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
19 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
20 | I have a place to go to , where nobody will find us or talk about us — ’ |
21 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
22 | Spun me a good story about her husband , Malcolm , and how he 'd died , and she was going to stay with a friend in Birkleigh until she found a living-in job where she could keep you . |
23 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
24 | She noted everyone in the choir , indeed , as part of a determined effort not to gaze all the time at Giles Carnaby , who was in the back row , in the middle of the tenors , straight ahead of her , where she could consider him in detail — silvery hair , grey herring-bone tweed jacket , greenish shirt , paisley patterned silk tie ( so much for not gazing … ) |
25 | There was probably a night service bus , but she had no idea where she could catch it , or where it stopped in Yonder . |
26 | ‘ Where you would give it her ? ’ |
27 | Mark an ‘ E ’ to indicate those issues which you think demand equal involvement and use your partner 's initials to indicate areas where you would expect them to have the major input . |
28 | ‘ Is that where you would like me to be , Shiona ? ’ |
29 | To do this exercise , put the carriage to E , where you 'll find it tucks to the right and knits to the left . |
30 | Write vocabulary , dates , formulae etc on brightly coloured cards and stick them where you will see them . |