Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [pron] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winner used a megaphone to relay instructions while filming , and Crawford and Reed decided to smear shoe polish round the mouthpiece , which made him look as though he was wearing black lipstick . |
| 2 | There was an angry moan as she did so and a pain in her chest , which made her wonder whether the moan had not been her own . |
| 3 | He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis had n't , after all , spilled the beans . |
| 4 | I noticed he said doctor not surgeon , which made me wonder if he was really up to it . |
| 5 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 6 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 7 | If you truly feel that it is not , then it is probably some inadequacy on the part of your accuser which causes him to think as he does . |
| 8 | Weaknesses in the casting methods can leave minute cracks or other deficiencies which cause them to explode when fired . |
| 9 | In recent years the press has had to challenge such diverse rulings as an order not to name a witness from a famous family lest publicity might interfere with her care for heroin addiction ; an order not to publish the address of a former Tory MP lest his estranged wife should discover his whereabouts and harass him , and an order that reporters should leave the court so that a distressed defendant could explain in privacy the matrimonial problems which drove her to drink before she drove her car . |
| 10 | We should be able to state which fuse we require when we buy a plug in the interest of safety and economics . |
| 11 | Hence they could cope better with heavy manual labour , which allowed them to pause when they chose , than with continuous process work , both of the latter being growing trends in industry . |
| 12 | Instead it is copied to the plaintiff together with new Form N236 which asks him to confirm whether he wishes the case to proceed or that he is withdrawing the action ( Ord 9 , r 2(7) ) . |
| 13 | He would understand in detail the working of the mechanism of the clock , which enables it to function as it does . |
| 14 | Perhaps most memorable was a which left me feeling as no other opera performance had ever done before . |
| 15 | And now British Airways has joined forces with Hertz to bring you Club Europe Drive : the fly drive service which saves you time once you have landed . |
| 16 | Look out for the special colour coding on the pump nozzles and hoses to check which grade you need when re-fuelling your car , van , truck or motorcycle . |
| 17 | However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did . |
| 18 | However one explains the motives behind his actions , things happened because he chose that they should : there is nothing in the previous reign which compelled him to act as he did . |
| 19 | Er what made me smile when they found out that the salt were going through these er motorway bridges and attacking the steel work in the concrete with all sort of powers that they would of known that would n't ya ? |
| 20 | What d' ya do if they get |
| 21 | What d' ya think if someone says they want a few words with you what d' ya think 's going to happen ? |
| 22 | what d' ya take if you 've a bad head ? , huh |
| 23 | Well basically , what happens we wait till we get there then |
| 24 | so he says but I do n't know what to do he says cos if there 's a job you know , if there 's any overtime , cos there ai n't been none but if there 's any overtime he says I do n't know what to do I said bloody do the overtime , let her hang about . |
| 25 | Well erm , what do ya realize when you actually get your own badges and have a look at it , it 's something like eighty five percent of it is taken up with |
| 26 | What do they care if you ride winners ? ’ |
| 27 | What do they mean when they say they come from The Forest Of Dean ? |
| 28 | What do they mean when they say there will be no promotions at present ? |
| 29 | What do they do when their child refuses to get dressed in the morning ? |
| 30 | ‘ What do they look like — tār ? ’ |