Example sentences of "a [noun] which [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | A horse will pull all the more against a bit which causes him pain or if his mouth is split in the corner even though pulling makes it worse . |
| 2 | It was a decision which tormented him but was faced purely and simply because Mark Bosnich is now regarded as one of the best around . |
| 3 | Her father was the greatest actor-manager since Irving ; she was proud to be taught by him , would as proudly appear in a part which left him , the great Asshe , with no other place for himself than that of Lord Capulet . |
| 4 | A Noyon of the Seijin clan — his crimson eye shading was like a badge which identified him — made a face and shook his head . |
| 5 | Any adaptation in a male which enables him to copulate with more females will be strongly favoured by natural selection . |
| 6 | Eisenhower , himself , a former military leader , was pointing to a phenomena which troubled him , and one which others have seen developing in many countries . |
| 7 | During 1991 his position was undermined by a series of minor scandals concerning his use of government aircraft and cars for private business , a practice which earned him a public rebuke from Bush . |
| 8 | In addition to being a hunchback the painter Toulouse-Lautrec suffered from a condition which endowed him with an oversized penis . |
| 9 | Certainly , the law will not imply a term which prevents him from doing so . |
| 10 | In Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 758 the Court of Appeal held that a restraint on a medical assistant to a partnership which prevented him from practising " in any department of medicine , surgery or midwifery ( or accepting ) any professional appointment " was unreasonable because it covered , inter alia , practice as a consultant or medical officer of health . |
| 11 | She shot him a glance which made him sorry for asking . |
| 12 | The winner on the day was Francois Lombard — a result which took him to third place overall in the championships . |
| 13 | On this prompting the Base controller also saw a trace which led him to challenge the aircraft 's position report at BN . |
| 14 | Although Haworth had intended to make a career in the chemical industry , he won a scholarship which enabled him to go to Gottingen for postgraduate work . |
| 15 | It 's a question which makes him laugh . |
| 16 | His rich vein of form has come after a winter which saw him left out of the West Indies World Cup team … their loss has been Gloucestershire 's gain . |
| 17 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 18 | A change in the tax rules affecting pensions was shortly followed by a job with the Department of Environment 's Property Services Agency , a post which carries him through to March and may see him stay until he is 70 . |
| 19 | The Commission found that Greiner had acted improperly in sanctioning the appointment of Terry Metherell , an independent member of the state legislature , to a well-paid public service position in the Environmental Protection Authority , a post which required him to resign his seat in the legislature . |
| 20 | Ironically , Gough 's rash challenge on Ferguson at Tannadice resulted in a booking which carries him over the disciplinary points threshold and costs Rangers the services of their captain when they visit Arbroath for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final tie on 6 March . |
| 21 | ARMY veteran Tom Clarkson had a special date yesterday with part of a bomb which hit him in the head during World War Two . |
| 22 | IN 1900 Tiller had an idea for a routine which excited him so much he could hardly wait to show it to the public . |
| 23 | Subsequently , continuing on occasion to work in partnership with his brother , he developed a business which made him one of the most successful of such craft-based figures in English history . |
| 24 | Information about a person 's private and personal affairs may be of a nature which shows him up in a favourable light and would by no means expose him to criticism . |
| 25 | The French master chef , dressed in his long bespattered apron , stood by his post chopping , slicing , stirring and mixing with a vigour which drenched him in sweat whilst he swore at his apprentices for this or that . |
| 26 | A plaintiff determined to damage a journal which torments him can , at least if that journal has a poor track record in libel actions , sue the distributors and settle on terms that they will not stock the publication in the future . |
| 27 | Since his win in 1987 , Swindon has grown , changing the complexion of a town which gave him a majority ofjust 5,000 . |
| 28 | He staged a counter-attack which brought him back into power in 1769 , but at the price of a financial disaster from which he never recovered ; money was borrowed to buy shares with which to create votes for the election of directors at a time when the value of the Company 's stock collapsed . |
| 29 | He explained that part of his treatment was a steroid which made him hyperactive and sweaty , and cursed the fact that he could n't keep still . |
| 30 | To him the camera becomes a tool which allows him to express his thoughts , feelings and moods in direct connection with the world ; it allows his mind and spirit to react to and relate with the everyday world in a visual form thanks to the alchemy of photography . |