Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This section of the book is designed to help you come to terms with your deepest emotions and the people or events which may have caused them in the first place . |
| 2 | His mother was a Parr , which may have given him an independent entree into Gloucester 's service , but he could equally well have come to the duke 's attention through the Percy connection . |
| 3 | His mother was a Parr , which may have given him an independent entree into Gloucester 's service , but he could equally well have come to the duke 's attention through the Percy connection . |
| 4 | Under the energetic leadership of H. L. Dowbiggin , Inspector-General from 1913 to 1937 , the police gained sophistication which may have given them a relative advantage over some lawbreakers . |
| 5 | He said that , besides reducing the tower 's elasticity — which may have prevented it crashing before now — the weight of the steel and lead could lead to disaster by causing the soggy ground to give way . |
| 6 | As a result , I reacted in front of the jury in a way which may have made them think that , in fact , the defence had nothing to lose by disclosure of the statement . |
| 7 | Thus every individual needs to be regarded as having a unique set of problems , some of which may have encouraged him or her to drink too much , and some of which may be the outcome of the drinking , rather than being thought of as an ‘ alcoholic ’ or an ‘ addict ’ . |
| 8 | Biographers , notably A J Lubin , have suggested motives which may have prompted him to choose such a woman for a partner . |
| 9 | He was dressed in a blue shirt and jeans , which should have made him look more relaxed , and did n't . |
| 10 | ‘ There are failsafes which should have stopped it from doing this ! ’ |
| 11 | Sir William Hamilton paid the bills ( as the creditors knew he would ) , and in his will he left her £300 and an annuity of £800 , which should have enabled her to live comfortably though not perhaps ostentatiously . |
| 12 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 13 | She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship . |
| 14 | I was called ‘ Aspel ’ throughout , which should have prepared me . |
| 15 | The immediate sight of him , which should have filled them with relief and joy , brought only terror . |
| 16 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 17 | In Vologsky 's case , the very qualities which should have promoted him as a supremely efficient and dedicated cosmonaut turned and worked against him . |
| 18 | Some of the more important include George Blake , who worked for MI6 ( see Chapter 2 ) ; John Cairncross , who betrayed Ultra secrets from the Government Code & Cipher School ( GCCS ) at Bletchley Park during the war to the Russians ; John Vassall , a sad homosexual who gave away naval secrets while working at the Admiralty ; Frank Bossard , who gave the Russians details of British and American guided weapons systems ( which must have amused them greatly as the Russians were far ahead of the West at the time ) ; and William Marshall , who had worked as a cipher clerk at the British Embassy in Moscow . |
| 19 | She gave me a lovely book on musical composer 's last year which must have cost her a bomb . |
| 20 | And she knew absolutely everything , which must have made her particularly disappointed in Frankie 's slow progress at school . |
| 21 | By nature he is very much ‘ one of the boys ’ , which must have made it hard to assert himself , he does not find it easy to take advice and is readily upset by criticism . |
| 22 | After all , if you had been hanged , drawn and quartered at a time when such deaths were not uncommon , you would not really want to feel either the physical pain or indeed the terror which must have accompanied it ! |
| 23 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
| 24 | The Minoans seem to have been self-sufficient in terms of basic needs , which must have put them in a position of trading strength , but they relied on imports for supplies of exotic raw materials for the manufacture of luxury goods . |
| 25 | Kapuscinski exercises a personal charm which must have helped him to establish friendly relations with the people he met , and to gather material , and which can seem to befriend the Western reader . |
| 26 | ‘ All right , ’ he replied flatly , unresponsive to her invitation to some facetious joking about bottoms , which might have jolted him out of his philosophical mood . |
| 27 | A moment later she fell down them , unable to find the rope against the wall which might have saved her . |
| 28 | This would seem to demonstrate not only that studies in different areas or at different times have produced different results , but that a follow through of the cases prosecuted might have found , for example , that Blacks had a different ( possibly higher ) rate of ‘ not guilty ’ pleas , with acquittal rates which might have justified them in not accepting a caution . |
| 29 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 30 | The upshot is that Marx never even concerns himself with questions such as the relation between individual perceptions to objects or the texture of feelings , sensations and thoughts , which might have led him towards a theory of where individuality occurs . |