Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [Wh det] [pron] could " in BNC.

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1 I have set out below a brief paragraph in respect of each question which you could use in your replies , however I would be grateful if you would qualify any replies to indicate that these are general answers and that any specific queries on individual cases should be referred to the Council Tax Section at Chesser House or myself .
2 When Birkenhead left office in 1928 , Baldwin accepted his resignation with a reluctance which was convincing because honestly expressed : ‘ We shall part , on my side at least , with a feeling of personal regret which I could not have believed possible four years ago . ’
3 The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through .
4 The captain gave him a bowl of cold stew which he could only swallow by gulping it down with wine .
5 Their conversations were , Henry felt , the sweeter for having a core of known fact which they could then decorate and refine , like old men in some village discussing last year 's harvest .
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