Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was n't w-hat I meant , ’ Nogai protested . |
| 2 | President Truman did so in a campaign which no-one expected him to win , and he won . |
| 3 | I saw several brand new technical institutes , complete with Japanese-equipped language laboratories , which no-one knew how to use , and libraries stacked with scientific books . |
| 4 | Mr Rumback either read to them from books , which no-one heard because the words got caught in his big moustache , or slept . |
| 5 | Taken as a whole , the 1950s can be seen as a decade in which everyone had to work very hard just to keep the District on an even keel : it reflects great credit on all concerned that , in statistical terms , the decline of the early fifties was halted so that ultimately an expansionist phase could begin . |
| 6 | The outcome of a blatant novelty song would have been lots of cash ( something to which everyone had a liking ) and a higher profile . |
| 7 | Of even greater consequence , the participation of adolescents in society was of special interest in the latter part of the War when ‘ reconstruction ’ promised both efficiency and a liberal , social democracy in which everyone had a part to play . |
| 8 | One night during the making of the first film in November 1972 , she dusted down a piece of furniture in that crowded kitchen of hers ( which everyone had supposed to be a writing desk ) lifted the lid and revealed … a miniature organ . |
| 9 | I thought that Basil appreciated more than most the essential magic of the child 's experience of the world and the expression of this in art — not that he ever said this , but his own manner as a teacher always implied that this was a special , essentially elevated kind of activity — but one in which everyone had the capacity to join . |
| 10 | A study in 1971 found that of 132 political states only 12 were true nation-states in which everyone had the same native tongue . |
| 11 | From the Wilton Weavers she was given a camera as a leaving present and from the Winding Department and the Spool Setters she received a generous gift of cash to which everyone had contributed . |
| 12 | Helen gave a talk about her work , but there was one subject about life in a space capsule which everyone seemed curious about , and which Helen duly explained : |
| 13 | One of the first was the Camattini family , who left La Spezia , the great port and naval base on the Ligurian Sea which everyone expected to be bombarded by the British Fleet . |
| 14 | You may think you are a good enough driver to go over the speed limit , but you may also realise that a world in which everyone drove very fast might be a little on the dangerous side . |
| 15 | When a woman went into a hair salon 30-odd years ago , her hair was painstakingly rolled rigid with sticky spray to create a standard style which everyone wore , regardless of age . |
| 16 | And it 's not just in this country that memories of a Britain in which everyone wore a vest , ate toasted crumpets for tea and never went out without a hat that these programmes are appreciated . |
| 17 | The error lay in a very simple but quite reasonable assumption which everyone made . |
| 18 | As well as acting as a surrogate mum to the hedgehogs , Christine has also given physiotherapy to tortoises and given the kiss of life to a pet rabbit , which everyone thought had gone to the great hutch in the sky . |
| 19 | The old G201 grade , which everyone thought had had its day , has become a clear success ! |
| 20 | The ham , which everyone ate avidly , and which Sally-Anne forced down , was off and the butter was so rancid that she almost choked over it . |
| 21 | It set West Indies a target of 225 , which everyone knew was about three hundred too low , and inevitably Greenidge and Haynes began with a century partnership . |
| 22 | There was in fact retaliation in any case , and it might even be argued that this silence on the part of the radio — which everyone knew to be under government control — actually encouraged angry Luos to believe that a Kikuyu conspiracy existed within the Government . |
| 23 | He delivered a sermon during which everyone stood still , until he picked up a handful of earth and spoke in a deep voice : ‘ Ashes to ashes . |
| 24 | For Karen , though , good sex was just one of the amenities to which everyone aspired . |
| 25 | Mr Vernon added that the fund raisers highest recompense would perhaps come when they heard the citations read for the gallantry medals to be awarded that afternoon , there being no better proof of the importance to the Institution for which everyone worked so willingly . |
| 26 | When the syllabus was referred to , it was the content objectives to which everyone referred ; the process objectives were for the most part ignored . |
| 27 | It is possible for us to image a society of saints in which no one committed what we see as crimes , in which everyone behaved in an impeccable manner . |
| 28 | The man with the concertina , whom Ruth had noticed on the day they sailed from Liverpool , struck up a tune ; only this time it was not a dance , but a hymn of thanksgiving and praise , in which everyone joined . |
| 29 | After a witnessing session in which everyone opened their hearts and emerged exalted we walked out into the night and began to neck . |
| 30 | Erm well we had a a big raffle erm we wrote away to all the local shops and restaurants ask them to donate prizes and we raised a lot of money through that and also my mum erm cooked Indian snacks which we sold during the interval erm which everyone loved and so it worked quite well . |