Example sentences of "which [pers pn] had [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
2 | Had I gone on with this research at the depth which I had in view I would undoubtedly have used a far more informal interview and , having chosen possible points of difference , I would have introduced these in the interviews and let the informants develop the themes themselves . |
3 | A question I would ask is that given the product which you had in June and the fact that presumably you have to take what goes , presumably the fact that they do n't send you the strongest stuff erm are you surprised that the figures were down in view of the quality of what you had , or are you surprised it might not have been worse ? |
4 | She was all set to paint , but when Vitor slid his hands into his trouser pockets and , with jacket flaring back , strolled across to inspect the items which she had for sale , her gaze compulsively followed him . |
5 | ‘ We only had a matchbox size kitchen from which we had to fees the likes of Spike Milligan , Harold Wilson and Ken Dodd . |
6 | The kinds of activities which we had in mind were problem-solving and investigations , collaborative writing , reading and discussion about books and poems in pairs and groups , group picture or collage making , group construction tasks , group activities on the computer : the sorts of activities whose value is widely accepted and which might be included in the repertoire of any teacher , regardless of differences in overall teaching style . |
7 | The idea of citizenship itself had a special status during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods as politicians , philosophers , educationalists , and social scientists were continually calling for a revival of the concept , by which they had in mind a form of social organization stressing harmony , duty , service , self-realization , rationality , and morally good behaviour . |
8 | There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea . |
9 | Page after page , after page , after page , of descriptive material , drawn from all over the world , both published accounts , which Frazer drew on , erm , with er , kind of er , encyclopedic knowledge , but also a lot of personal contacts which he had with people like missionaries , er , colonial administrators , and even er , local people who would with descriptions and er , and facts about the things he was , he was researching . |
10 | Hugh Dalton , whose father was Canon of Windsor , reports a conversation which he had with Stamfordham at Windsor Castle on 26 December . |
11 | Roxburgh was a royal castle and its associated township , both quite large , situated within the narrow point of land where Teviot joined Tweed ; a strong position where King David the First , son of Malcolm Canmore and Saint Margaret , had established his headquarters on accession to the throne , and from which he had in effect ruled Scotland . |
12 | As proof of his good faith he deposited with the business agents the sum of £1,000 pounds which he had in savings . |
13 | The chief measure which he had in mind was old-age pensions . |
14 | It was designed both to whet commercial appetite for the more ambitious ‘ large work on the Birds of Australia ’ , which he had in mind , and to establish the scientific validity of the enterprise . |
15 | Even so , the significance it has for Hobbes is nothing like that which it had for Bacon . |