Example sentences of "which i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interviews gave me plenty of insights , but there was no way in which I could tell in what ways the Moonies might differ from other people of a similar age and from a similar background . |
| 2 | He said look you do n't need to take that to school , it 's just taking up space which I could stand in . |
| 3 | ( No car of my own of which I could boast ) , |
| 4 | Perhaps , too , he may have believed that once the gloss on my love affair dimmed , his money would act as a reminder of the comforts to which I could return . |
| 5 | I looked round for something with which I could knock him out after we had taken off . |
| 6 | I sank into a kind of Romantic melancholy , which I could feed and sustain by reading Keats , Shelley , Tennyson , Matthew Arnold , and ( above all ) Byron . |
| 7 | This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose . |
| 8 | This contract was , perhaps , the only evidence from which I could deduce Helmut 's hurt . |
| 9 | Buckmaster in person , which I could do without . |
| 10 | . which I could do very well . ’ |
| 11 | Normally when you copy , you copy somewhere different , er , which I could do , but er , I 'm gon na copy it to the same place . |
| 12 | I began to see ways in which I could improve . |
| 13 | Is the difference one which I could apprehend without any thoughts of ducks and rabbits ? |
| 14 | When I said ‘ English ’ he started on some obscure anecdote in which I could make out little except the name ‘ Margaret ’ and the repetition of ‘ kato , kato ’ , ‘ down , down ’ . |
| 15 | The atmosphere was less turbid than I 'd expected from Edward 's description — a glowing , orange-red furnace of heat in which I could make out the shadowy profiles of two pots . |
| 16 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 17 | There was a really good profile of all the youngsters which I could reproduce if people want . |
| 18 | My father went back to stirring the soup , which I could smell now above the cigar smoke . |
| 19 | Being married and having young children , the range of chef 's hours available within contract catering was , of course , attractive ; but the main incentives were the obvious routes by which I could move upwards on joining High Table . ’ |
| 20 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 21 | I could visualise , as we sat under the rattan shade of the veranda , passing a perfect life on the island — a comfortable house , a garden in which I could grow everything I needed , enough fish to eat . |
| 22 | I was isn a relationship which I could feel was going wrong — in the same way that all my previous relationships had gone wrong . |
| 23 | To escape this branding of myself as a bodily failure , I longed to be able to attach myself to an organisation stronger than myself , an association through which I could derive a feeling of physical achievement and personal status I would not otherwise possess . |
| 24 | When faced with a request for a garden seat , similar to the one on a recent DIY front cover , I searched high and low for one which I could buy , rather than make myself . |
| 25 | Such was the austerity of his habits that it never entered his head himself to have any kind of formal dinner in which I could join . |
| 26 | Stead argues that only constant inquiry ( for which I could substitute ‘ inside ethnography ’ ) can prevent such an unacceptable trend , and it is some comfort to see a probationary policewoman , such as Cressida Dick ( 1985 ) , pointing out the political compromises such autocracy can produce , but which few of the chief officers seem willing to admit or even acknowledge . |
| 27 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 28 | I append the headings of a few subjects to which I have given some attention , and which I could write a readable article upon . |
| 29 | I knew Derek really enjoyed our trips and was only kidding , but I was thinking of ways in which I could raise more money to pay my share . |
| 30 | I did n't envy them their individual futures , which seemed dull or trivial to me , but I did envy the fact they had futures at all , whereas I had none , or , at least , not one to which I could look forward with any confidence . |