Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] they [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because the anthropology which they used and reinterpreted was part of a much wider work which went beyond and across any disciplinary boundaries . |
| 2 | They were equally trusting in sending country customers goods ‘ on approval ’ , selected from catalogues received in the mail which they retained and paid for by cheque , or returned . |
| 3 | In the late Seventies , the couple had bought a Tudor farmhouse in Pinner which they extended and refurbished to create a luxurious five-bedroomed house . |
| 4 | They ignored the talk of war which they heard and concentrated on their pleasures . |
| 5 | Now they each had a picture which they examined and re-examined , trying to breathe life into the two-dimensional image . |
| 6 | and their Parliamentary advisors took a long hard look at the powers which they held and decided that the 1902 Act as it stood , could not make a viable tramway system , even when grafted onto the existing Corporation system . |
| 7 | They concluded that by taking people out of their own homes , however modest , they were being removed from conditions which they knew and made them feel secure into ‘ a new social environment in which priority is given to the collectivity over the individual . ’ |
| 8 | They looked forward to starting work where they could do more of the things which they valued and join the adult community of men . |
| 9 | They also reported other stolen goods which they found but left to be collected later : a stolen Fiat 500 , eight sheep and a donkey . |
| 10 | There it was held that those persons who had access to inside information were required to observe the ‘ abstain or disclose ’ principle ie they had either to disclose the inside information which they held or abstain from trading . |
| 11 | The practical effects of this regulation were to cause many students to register for 12 modules but participate seriously in only 10 ; to cause them to stack their choices , so that modules which they needed or intended to pass were taken in terms 1 and 2 , and to bias apparent but not real demand towards term 3 . |
| 12 | For many groups , public-pressure group activity was no sign of their power , but it was a testament to the frustrated powerlessness of those who could not get the ear of government , still less their positive action — no matter what they did or did not do . |
| 13 | By asking the women what they liked or disliked about the task in question , and whether their attitude was reversed in any particular circumstances , I was able to get a more complete picture of their experience of each task , and also to learn something about the characteristics these different housework tasks are seen to possess . |
| 14 | In 1806 he designed the hotel and assembly rooms in the suburb of Clifton , which the firm contracted to build ; but at the same time they were speculating by buying unfinished houses in Clifton which they completed and sold , and in 1809 they were overtaken by bankruptcy . |