diff --git a/rdflib/plugins/sparql/parser.py b/rdflib/plugins/sparql/parser.py
index 97ef91eda..93ad1a5d3 100644
--- a/rdflib/plugins/sparql/parser.py
+++ b/rdflib/plugins/sparql/parser.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def expandTriples(terms):
             elif isinstance(t, list):
                 # BlankNodePropertyList
                 # is this bnode the object of previous triples?
-                if (i % 3) == 2:
+                if (len(res) % 3) == 2:
                     res.append(t[0])
                 # is this a single [] ?
                 if len(t) > 1:
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ def expandTriples(terms):
                 res += t.asList()
             elif t != '.':
                 res.append(t)
+            if DEBUG:
+                print len(res), t
+        if DEBUG:
+            import json
+            print json.dumps(res, indent=2)
 
         return res
         # print res
diff --git a/test/test_sparql.py b/test/test_sparql.py
index 7af5ee876..69a67c722 100644
--- a/test/test_sparql.py
+++ b/test/test_sparql.py
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ def test_sparql_bnodelist():
     prepareQuery('select * where { ?s ?p ( [ ?p2 ?o2 ] [] ) . }')
     prepareQuery('select * where { ?s ?p ( [] [ ?p2 ?o2 ] [] ) . }')
 
+def test_complex_sparql_construct():
+
+    g = Graph()
+    q = '''select ?subject ?study ?id where {
+    ?s a <urn:Person>;
+      <urn:partOf> ?c;
+      <urn:hasParent> ?mother, ?father;
+      <urn:id> [ a <urn:Identifier>; <urn:has-value> ?id].
+    }'''
+    g.query(q)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import nose