Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chrissy , on the step beside her , was choosing which story she should read to him , and Annie was in the sandpit , trailing sand through her clenched fist into a yoghurt carton . |
| 2 | If you have several books , let the child choose which story he/she would like . |
| 3 | In which case they have no independent meaning or function at all . |
| 4 | If Moby became nervous or anxious , I suggested Jeanne and John tried to ignore it and simply jolly him along unless he became overtly upset , in which case they were to offer short , protective verbal reassurance , insist gently on a ‘ sit ’ , then gradually lead him off again toward the object or person which had spooked him . |
| 5 | On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved . |
| 6 | We do n't ask about their past , unless they have been involved in killing people , in which case they can be tried . |
| 7 | Unless , of course , they had actually ‘ volunteered ’ , in which case they were n't real soldiers . |
| 8 | But he was singing ; people only do that either if they are drunk or if they are trying to collect some money , in which case they will sing and sing all day , having no other means of getting it . |
| 9 | Some managers may delegate the task of in-bureau tutor to an experienced advice worker , in which case they partially lose that person 's services as an interviewer . |
| 10 | There may be client cases where new recruits feel out of their depth in which case they can invite the minder into the interview room , with the permission of the client , but still continue to deal with the client 's enquiry . |
| 11 | In order to bring about a deterioration in the patient 's condition with low potency remedies one would have to keep on repeating the wrong remedy many times and even then it is unlikely that much would happen unless the patient were particularly frail and weak , in which case they should be having constitutional treatment to boost their overall state and not ‘ first aid ’ treatment for the little bits that go wrong . |
| 12 | Predators may select prey in order of abundance , as does the barn owl , for instance , in which case they preserve the original pattern of equitability , or they may select less abundant prey preferentially , as do most mustelids , in which case they change it . |
| 13 | Predators may select prey in order of abundance , as does the barn owl , for instance , in which case they preserve the original pattern of equitability , or they may select less abundant prey preferentially , as do most mustelids , in which case they change it . |
| 14 | The beech woods , especially , have little undergrowth , in which case they do not hold large bird populations and are often too young to support hole-nesting species such as woodpeckers . |
| 15 | Modern Boy included real science , with pictures showing how powerful ants were by imagining them as big as horses , in which case they could move around carrying skyscrapers . |
| 16 | There are no provisions for nomination but subcontractors may be named in which case they become entirely the contractor 's responsibility . |
| 17 | Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal . |
| 18 | You may find that your firm has already bought a set of these , in which case they will be available through your training department . |
| 19 | You may find that your firm has already bought a set of these , in which case they will be available through your training department |
| 20 | Warrants are also required to be reported within shareholders ' funds , provided they do not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits ( in which case they would not be within the definition of warrants contained in the [ draft ] FRS ) . |
| 21 | In which case they would try to decoy the enemy towards some of the hidden groups , where they would be outnumbered and beaten . |
| 22 | In which case they would have to content themselves with making a demonstration , burning the castleton and village and driving off Dacre 's and his people 's cattle and horses . |
| 23 | This of course was a quite natural reaction , and perhaps subconsciously I was hoping they were guilty , in which case they would vindicate me . |
| 24 | Magnetic force lines will ‘ flow ’ over the surface unless there is a flaw , in which case they will go around it . |
| 25 | The greater part of the literature was commissioned from living authors , being either new work for the purpose ( in which case they made a gift of the copyright to the Queen ) , or their own selection from published work . |
| 26 | Characters are not affected by Animosity unless they join a Mob , in which case they are affected along with the unit itself . |
| 27 | Widows who remarry , or live with a man as his wife , cease to receive widows ' pension unless , that is , they are aged 60 or over in which case they may continue to receive their pension . |
| 28 | The Bridge of Ice may be used to move friendly troops into hand-to-hand combat , in which case they may fight from the following combat round and count as charging in the first round . |
| 29 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 30 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |