Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] which [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am sure it was my accounts of my experiences which set her off on the same route . |
| 2 | Oh , certainly , yes , I mean I keep a record here — I 'm turning over my figures which shows my weekly intakes of U K holidays this year against last year . |
| 3 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 4 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 5 | But like Agnes 's , it was her eyes which fascinated me — large , dark , and almond-shaped . |
| 6 | She felt the sudden weight on her legs which told her the cat had leapt up again . |
| 7 | ‘ We always started seriously , usually discussing Louisa and perhaps her problems with her legs which stopped her doing her old-time dancing . ’ |
| 8 | For parents too ( particularly for Sikh parents ) there is another aspect of their lives which controls their behaviour in these circumstances . |
| 9 | This points to gaps in their typologies which indicate their dependence on a historically determined narrative competence . |
| 10 | All I can say is please thank ALL of those involved for all their efforts which got us out of one almighty jam . |
| 11 | He had seen nothing in her lifestyle and her actions which led him to believe that she was then or wished again to become a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 12 | Indeed , they have a psychological mechanism in their brains which impels them to follow the first large moving thing they see after they emerge from their shells , even if it is not their mother . |
| 13 | The power of the elite is held to derive from the greater intensity and quality of the sentiments or residues of its members which give its members the will and the ability to maintain their own rule either by force or by consent ( but not usually both , according to Pareto ) . |
| 14 | In an attempt to deter the caterpillars , the oaks produce distasteful chemicals called tannins in their leaves which make them less palatable . |
| 15 | It is now however several weeks since the declaration of war and your buglers are still lamentably unproficient in their instruments which disturb my household throughout each day but particularly at 6 am every morning . |
| 16 | Beyond question , Moses Buchanan and his son bargained for their votes on the actual day of election , and indeed as Sir James acknowledges , it was their votes which carried his election . |
| 17 | Harry nodded , or perhaps it was the threatening clatter of his teeth which caused his head to simulate assent . |
| 18 | ‘ I understand they have had none , ’ he said severely , looking at Dinah over the metal rims of his spectacles which reminded her of Paul 's . |
| 19 | Lucenzo had a glint in his eyes which told her she could be in trouble . |
| 20 | Let him thus lose his eyes which gave him sight of the maiden 's beauty for which he coveted her . |
| 21 | It was the interest of his parents which sustained him in his early school career . |
| 22 | He was talking to a small wizened man with long hair and a curved bone through his cheeks which made him appear tusked . |
| 23 | There is a vagueness in John 's later account of his feelings which makes one wonder how far he was reinterpreting events and attitudes with hindsight . |
| 24 | It was the excellence of his teachers which gave him his interest in Physics , English and German . |
| 25 | To wit : Syrett , beautiful but doomed , cut his hand on a wine glass at a party and , after ignoring his doctor 's advice to avoid climbing , did irreparable damage to his tendons which started him on a tightening spiral of alcoholism and eventual suicide . |
| 26 | This is in addition to his fees which cover your time and talent , the cost of running your part of the consultancy , and the profit . |
| 27 | Power of this kind can be defined as ‘ the scope of significant choice open to [ an actor ] … his power over others is the scope of his choices which affect them significantly ’ . |
| 28 | There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour . |
| 29 | Consequently there are no cases in our books which show what the appropriate determinate sentence is specifically for that offence . |
| 30 | In the huts where we lived , we each had a card pinned over our beds which announced our names , our Waaf occupation and our religion . |