Example sentences of "which [pers pn] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 2 | Neil shook his head and made some gesture which I could not interpret , but as it was obvious that he , too , had seen Stormy Petrel and knew what he was about , I let it be . |
| 3 | ‘ You will add great distinction to the office in ways to which I could not aspire ; but I fear you will find a great deal of the work here work which does not really interest you . ’ |
| 4 | " I was delayed to some extent because the address given to me was 626 Cheyne Walk , which I could not find , but eventually the river police directed me . " |
| 5 | Were naive enough to think they could get through it without having an appraisal system , which I could not believe . |
| 6 | But those four miles were like an ocean , which I could not cross ! |
| 7 | I have often learned through dreams — frequently just floating snippets , as it were — things which I could not have learnt through my normal perceptions . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | The following morning saw me back at the surgery in order to collect not only my screwdriver but also the death certificate , duly signed by two doctors ( yes , they had managed to find the mortuary ) , without which I could not obtain a Registration of Death certificate , without which Nigel could not be cremated . |
| 10 | There was a twitch in my left cheek which I could n't control . |
| 11 | You conduct it without the score in front of you , which I could n't do any more as I am far away from the work . |
| 12 | There was some sort of monitor with dials which I could n't make head nor tail of , two drip stands with tubes — one lot going up her nose , the other into her arm — and her right leg was coated in plaster and suspended in mid air by a pulley contraption on which the Spanish Inquisition probably held the patent . |
| 13 | This teacher was always making me sit on his knee , and when he asked me questions like ‘ What is the square root of five thousand six hundred and seventy-eight and a half ? ’ , which I could n't answer , he tickled me . |
| 14 | Erm which I could n't have managed without them . |
| 15 | A ten For the next hour I took delivery of many additional purchases , the vast majority of which I could n't remember purchasing . |
| 16 | Finally , he turned to me and asked a question , repeating it twice , in the same jumble of words and sounds which I could n't understand . |
| 17 | And the handout I 've got here which I could n't tie in just now when I was trying to do the deduction is because the rates are very slightly different . |
| 18 | ‘ I just thought there might be a fifty-quid banknote in that envelope , but there was only a letter , which I could n't read , anyway , it was in a foreign language . |
| 19 | well Jessica I forked out a fiver for your birthday which I could n't afford how would you like to be a thousand pound overdrawn ? |
| 20 | There was a strange sort of hissing in the bracken to the west which I could n't put a name to . |
| 21 | and they were talking about a new system which I could n't hear because of vacuum cleaner was on |
| 22 | I said yes , your best without him are n't you , which I could n't say to her before of course . |
| 23 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 24 | so , erm , last night when we came home I looked at this Argos ticket which I could n't find and I 've , in that I 've found what erm a Weight Watcher er menu , so I picked that out , so I 've had erm do n't know what you 'll call it today , boiled egg and toast , eh bread and butter |
| 25 | which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed |
| 26 | I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady . |
| 27 | It was the kind of rabbit warren in which you could not swing a cat and there were thousands of them in the city . |
| 28 | I was going to say , sub-contracting to us at , and I do n't know whether we 're all thinking the same way , at one stage sub-contracting very much meant , to me anyhow , that er , buying out work which you could n't do your , from your own resources . |
| 29 | Now on that twenty feet long , now I 'm up about say , you can say anything like about fifteen feet up in the in the air , might be less than that and then you got twenty feet up like that , well then there used to be wire and used to have a big wheel in top , which you could n't go over the top and with a wire , then I used to have a sling chain , my main hook and that was thirteen foot long and you take th that and on , on working on top of the lorry , see you got to be so careful and there 's men working on that lorry as well , course I broke the wheel . |
| 30 | ‘ Girls , this morning you had a breakfast which you could n't eat . |