Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These 'ere smugglers is a dangerous bunch from wot I 've 'eard ! ’ |
| 2 | The word for questioning postnominal attributives , which ? , fares no better : ( 4 ) which them does muzak drive ? ( 5 ) which keys did Ellen shake ? |
| 3 | I pretended to ignore this and he said something in German after me which I took to mean : ‘ You must be a very dull fellow if you do n't think that sort of thing funny . ’ |
| 4 | He said something which I took to mean ‘ hair of the dog ’ in Serbo Croat then he poured . |
| 5 | I would always try and choose pieces which I thought had a bit of atmosphere and mood , a passion which made up for the lack of presentation ! ’ |
| 6 | Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason … |
| 7 | My topic was press coverage of the IQ controversy , which I thought distorted to the point of newsworthiness . |
| 8 | I also had two 1Mb SIMMS which I fitted to test the viability of Dixon 's proposed upgrade . |
| 9 | This contained cunningly inlaid pouches holding a little gold and some silver ( which I pocketed to have Masses said for the poor man 's soul ) , and a small roll of parchment . |
| 10 | There were two cars outside the cottage that evening — Old Red 's grey and a new black Rolls which I assumed belonged to Mr Remington-Hart . |
| 11 | I noticed in particular a large placard placed on the floor in a corner , which I assumed to have been presented to him by Montgomery Belgion , who had been a prisoner of war in Germany . |
| 12 | At this point I had one of those Proustian flashbacks about just such a place which I seemed to have known in childhood . |
| 13 | I usually go through a chorus , a BOSS analogue delay , a BOSS flanger , a Cry Baby wah and a compressor which I use to control the feedback from the wah . |
| 14 | I own a 1979 Series III SWB 2¼ diesel , which I use to commute 75–80 miles daily to work and back . |
| 15 | Another little tip which I use gives a neat finish to front bands , which often are not level at top and/or bottom . |
| 16 | Unless your cholesterol level is off the scale ( by which I mean approaching double figures when measured in millimoles per litre ) , the degree of change in absolute coronary risk that you can bring about by dietary measures is spitting in the wind . |
| 17 | The second is : every command you give must be broken only by you , by which I mean do not tell your dog to sit then go off and make a cup of tea and forget all about him . |
| 18 | Anyway , you simply hand over everything you 've got and try to be polite with it , by which I mean do n't tell him how to do his own job . |
| 19 | On the other hand , Linnaeus , who had visited Chelsea a few months earlier , came in for severe criticism : ‘ … he has demolished not only Species but Genus without the least reason for so doing but that of having his method establish 'd and made universal , which I venture to affirm will be of very short duration ’ . |
| 20 | Subsequently , I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech to be delivered by my noble and learned friend , Lord Slynn of Hadley , in which he concludes that the decision is indeed reviewable and does so on grounds which I venture to find convincing . |
| 21 | This was not something upon which I wished to dwell , as I approached the narrowest section of the ridge . |
| 22 | which I wished to portray . |
| 23 | Later in my newspaper career I was privileged to act as front page editor for a short time during which I enjoyed writing the 8-column headline and then arranging the other headlines , photo blocks and single or double columns to present a well-balanced and good looking front page spread . |
| 24 | He has produced a very readable text , with many case studies , which I enjoyed dipping into . |
| 25 | The door was open , and as there was no reply to our knocking , we walked in and along the corridor which I knew led to the main living quarters . |
| 26 | The lady smiled and said ‘ Thank-you.in At that point I heard a faint hissing sound , which I like to imagine was his ego deflating , but which in all probability came from the oxygen cylinder . |
| 27 | Some of them I slept out on , others — about half of them — I soloed , which I like doing and choose from preference these days . ’ |
| 28 | quite often I 'm doing my furniture work which I like doing , making furniture or repairing furniture . |
| 29 | Sometimes I do some gardening , I take the dogs for walk which I like doing and then help nana all the time cos she 's |
| 30 | This gives a slightly more abstract , but I think equally attractive border design , which I like to combine with simple stripes . |