Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] which [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am sure it was my accounts of my experiences which set her off on the same route . |
| 2 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 3 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 4 | But like Agnes 's , it was her eyes which fascinated me — large , dark , and almond-shaped . |
| 5 | She felt the sudden weight on her legs which told her the cat had leapt up again . |
| 6 | ‘ We always started seriously , usually discussing Louisa and perhaps her problems with her legs which stopped her doing her old-time dancing . ’ |
| 7 | All I can say is please thank ALL of those involved for all their efforts which got us out of one almighty jam . |
| 8 | He had seen nothing in her lifestyle and her actions which led him to believe that she was then or wished again to become a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 9 | Indeed , they have a psychological mechanism in their brains which impels them to follow the first large moving thing they see after they emerge from their shells , even if it is not their mother . |
| 10 | In an attempt to deter the caterpillars , the oaks produce distasteful chemicals called tannins in their leaves which make them less palatable . |
| 11 | ‘ I understand they have had none , ’ he said severely , looking at Dinah over the metal rims of his spectacles which reminded her of Paul 's . |
| 12 | Lucenzo had a glint in his eyes which told her she could be in trouble . |
| 13 | Let him thus lose his eyes which gave him sight of the maiden 's beauty for which he coveted her . |
| 14 | It was the interest of his parents which sustained him in his early school career . |
| 15 | He was talking to a small wizened man with long hair and a curved bone through his cheeks which made him appear tusked . |
| 16 | It was the excellence of his teachers which gave him his interest in Physics , English and German . |
| 17 | To wit : Syrett , beautiful but doomed , cut his hand on a wine glass at a party and , after ignoring his doctor 's advice to avoid climbing , did irreparable damage to his tendons which started him on a tightening spiral of alcoholism and eventual suicide . |
| 18 | Power of this kind can be defined as ‘ the scope of significant choice open to [ an actor ] … his power over others is the scope of his choices which affect them significantly ’ . |
| 19 | There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour . |
| 20 | Later this evening , about 11 p.m. , the Germans mounted a bombardment of our positions which convinced us sheltering in the slit trenches that the enemy were still in front of us in strength and were telling us that they intended to stay there . |
| 21 | ‘ The terms for refunds were on the back of our tickets which meant we did not see them until after we had made the purchase . ’ |
| 22 | We tend to assume , I think , in normal usage , that I have to suspect what you are thinking , and to imagine or conjecture what you mean by an expression , but that you have some direct and privileged access to your intentions which enables you to know what you mean . |