Example sentences of "[Wh det] they [verb] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left and found a squalid flat in Brentford , which they shared with another couple and their children . |
| 2 | A sort of sponge , low and crusty and golden , which they ate with apricot jam . |
| 3 | Greatswords are armed with a huge double-handed sword — or greatsword — which they swing with devastating effect . |
| 4 | Although large tree-nesting birds — wood pigeons , rooks , storks or eagles — do only the minimum to soften the uneven surface of their platform nests , many smaller birds with delicate eggs fashion a cup in the centre of the nest which they line with softer material . |
| 5 | The obvious example is Australia , which was separated early , and in which the marsupial mammals had the opportunity to adapt to a whole range of ecological niches , which they managed with remarkable success in spite of a low cranial capacity and a primitive mode of reproduction . |
| 6 | They eat plants and animals which they kill with poisoned arrows . |
| 7 | The influence of his teacher , Dvorak , hangs over the Serenade in E flat , but it is a bright , attractively varied piece which they played with fine control , rich sonorities , and exemplary attention to dynamics and rhythm . |
| 8 | I am certain that with no additional resource , we can do more for our researchers than provide then with yet another data archive where they can deposit the materials which they developed with inadequate support and for which they got too little recognition . |
| 9 | After the break Walden began to win more ball , which they ran with great vigour , and were unlucky not to score on a couple of occasions . |
| 10 | The great saint bishops of fifth-century Gaul were provided with an unequalled opportunity for the exercise of pastoral care , which they seized with open arms . |
| 11 | Formerly , Alick Nkhata and men like him had adapted the western popular music of the time , particularly country and western music , which they married with traditional melodies and themes . |
| 12 | This project aims to investigate the nature of the different bargaining relationships that comprise the EMS and EMU and the ways in which they interact with each other . |
| 13 | Now Breeze produced some crackers , which they pulled with much laughter — and when a pink ‘ Glengarry ’ fell to the old man 's share , he did not spurn it after all , but actually put it on ! |
| 14 | It confirms their arguments by showing us a wealth of British paintings and prints , and allows the ‘ victims ’ — in the form of contemporary artists from the Lebanon , India , Iran and Iraq — to answer back , which they do with uncomfortable success . |
| 15 | Denied political and civil space in most Arab society by undemocratic regimes of various kinds , many people make of such an image a confused by powerful instrument of criticism of their own rulers , never mind the powers which they associate with colonial history and contemporary world dominance . |
| 16 | It can be argued that true liberalization of standing rules requires not only that applicants be accorded standing to represent interests which they share with many others ( the old test of ‘ genuine grievance ’ achieved that ) but also that standing be accorded to genuine representatives of interested persons even if the only interest of the representative is to further the interests of the represented . |
| 17 | I have two 10″ specimens in a 53″ × 18″ × 12″ aquarium , which they share with two 8″ Oscars and a couple of small Pimelodids . |
| 18 | They must have felt the need for a farmer 's almanac and so started to keep a tally of days , which they recorded with special symbols . |
| 19 | Informed of this impasse , Mr Baker instructed the civil servants to go away and sort it out , which they did with admirable diplomacy . |
| 20 | Ask anyone familiar with the City what they associate with corporate finance and like as not you will be told ‘ red braces , long lunches , big mouths , broad concepts ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I du n no what they do with little 'uns in that ole city , ’ and he disappeared into the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 22 | Then we analyse how individuals collect data about each other and what they do with those data . |