Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discontinuity with religion which he saw as the dilemma of modern art he takes for granted , and even a cursory knowledge of twentieth-century art confirms this . |
| 2 | In W. J. Perry 's The Origin of Magic and Religion which he reviewed in July 1924 , four months before these lines appeared , Eliot read of ‘ old stone images ’ of the Melanesians , of mana , of the handing down of rituals , and of W. H. R. Rivers 's work on ‘ an extensive literature in which attempts are made to bring the symbolism of myth and ritual into relation with modern views concerning its rôle in the dream and disease ’ . |
| 3 | The former Royal Artillery man had been accused of stealing three hundred and forty three pounds from the Gulf Families Association which he founded in Gloucester . |
| 4 | Without consulting her it began to move faster , inciting her lover to a rhythm which he responded to triumphantly , accelerating in time with their heartbeats , taking her with him towards the culmination she 'd been given a foretaste of , which paled in comparison to the flooding rapture which overtook her seconds before Penry gasped , stiffened , then crushed her in his arms as their breathing slowed in the shared diminuendo of the aftermath . |
| 5 | Western observers commented that Gorbachev was apparently looking to religion to help provide the spiritual renewal which he saw as an essential part of perestroika . |
| 6 | With a pair of scissors the Inlay Operator cuts out a small piece of black card which he places on his white desktop . |
| 7 | Before that it is worth reiterating Althusser 's holistic view of the individual , and introducing an analogy which he takes from Marx . |
| 8 | Weber was impressed with the development and accomplishments of bureaucracy , and especially with the role of technical knowledge in bureaucratic administration which he regarded as the primary source of the superiority of bureaucracy as an organisation . |
| 9 | Sir Keith gave them a very warm welcome , allowed the meeting to be televised and expressed appreciation of the case put to him by this unusual delegation which he engaged in talk , interpreted into English and BSL respectively , for almost an hour . |
| 10 | The bag struck the paving , bounced , and now the boy caught it and peeled away the bag to reveal a football which he struck in a high , curling shot which ricocheted off the wall slightly to the left of a priest who had emerged from the large church which dosed off one end of the piazza . |
| 11 | This suited the prejudice which he shared with ruling circles in Germany against liberal , constitutional , and above all , republican states . |
| 12 | It appears that he had a recurring dream in which he was told , " Socrates , be an artist " , a command which he ignored at first , supposing that nothing could be a higher " art " than his own philosophizing , but eventually complied with by writing some poetry while waiting for death in prison . |
| 13 | From such ideas he formed dances which did away with pointes but retained much of the classical footwork which he co-ordinated with the less familiar action of the arms and hands . |
| 14 | A humiliating defeat which he suffered at the hands of Lord Peyton in the house of Lords , has concentrated John Macgregor 's mind . |
| 15 | In 1929 he won his Woodvale seat which he held until his death in 1949 . |
| 16 | He returned to the Commons in 1959 as MP for Grimsby , a seat which he held until his death . |
| 17 | Just to show he has n't lost that wicked sense of humour , he keeps a chicken 's head mask on the passenger seat of his car which he slips on whenever he is recognised . |
| 18 | ‘ The Family in happier times , ’ Cowley observed , picking up a wedding photograph which he knew to be of the Hatches ' daughter and Jack Stone . |
| 19 | As we have seen , it was not just the anthropology which he read at the time of composition which played its part in the great works of the early 1920s . |
| 20 | On 20 June 1757 , Bartram acknowledged the February letter , together with six cedar cones , parts of the Dictionary and Figures , and confirmed that he had sent the Gale which he believed to be a new genus ; in this he was right , for L'Heritier later founded the genus Comptonia upon it . |
| 21 | After the vote Etpison expressed his disappointment over the result which he attributed to a weariness towards the issue by the voters , a sentiment apparently underlined by the comparatively low turnout . |
| 22 | It took 13 years to bring Lashley to justice for the murder which he committed during 10 months of liberty while on parole from prison after a string of sex attacks in 1969 . |
| 23 | He owned a motor launch named Splash which he lost to the Navy in the war . |
| 24 | In a broadcast talk which he gave in the spring of 1941 , " Towards a Christian Britain " , he talked about the sacrifices which would be necessary to bring about such a national conversion , and the need for Christian " prophets " who would alter the social consciousness of the people . |
| 25 | This culminated in an interview which he gave to the Illustrated India Weekly in which he criticized Prime Minister V. P. Singh as " weak " and repeated allegations of corruption against two other Cabinet ministers , Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan . |
| 26 | In an interview which he gave in this year , he expressed his disappointment at the recent development of English poetry and suggested that any " creative advance " would come in prose fiction or in poetic drama : this is clearly what he himself was aiming at , as if he felt he could achieve in drama what he had already achieved in poetry . |
| 27 | In an interview which he gave in this year , the reporter noted how he seemed much " heartier , more unworried and more unafraid of the world than he did … five years ago " . |
| 28 | Edberg could only rue his squandered chances , especially in the crucial tie break which he gifted to his 22-year-old opponent 11–9 with a disastrous double fault . |
| 29 | An obvious explanation is the patronage which he had at his disposal as chief steward , for although this derived from the crown its exercise was a manifestation of the duke 's own good lordship . |
| 30 | An obvious explanation is the patronage which he had at his disposal as chief steward , for although this derived from the crown its exercise was a manifestation of the duke 's own good lordship . |