Example sentences of "[Wh det] i [verb] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The images which I like best are the ones which other people like — which have the best response . |
| 2 | He dismounted , still holding his carbine , which I saw now was an old . |
| 3 | Erm , apparently the first tune they used to those words , was a tune , which I 've not been able to find , which came from Britain . |
| 4 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 5 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 6 | Soon after hitting the water , I saw a Hurricane above me which I discovered later was Barber . |
| 7 | That 's the certificate which I regret now is with South Staffs museum at Lichfield . |
| 8 | It was holding a party to which I had not been invited . |
| 9 | Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 . |
| 10 | Well , in fact I did n't know , not for certain , but I could n't see any signs at all of brassière straps or elastic waistbands which I had n't been able to help noticing on all other women . |
| 11 | My tapestries and books were turning into pitch-thick smoke , and the heat , from which I had hitherto been protected , it seems , by the initial surge of adrenalin through my body , now made it plain that this was the last window of opportunity for effecting a dignified , if empty-handed , exit . |
| 12 | The nightmares stopped instantly after this explanation , and I was able to give lectures , stand up for myself and speak in public — all of which I had never been able to do before . ’ |
| 13 | Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change . |
| 14 | The criticism of the argument from analogy which I gave above is due to Wittgenstein . |
| 15 | So that I think the sort of questions that are being raised here will be addressed and will be able to be put within that complex , that overall strategy which I think now is sort of pretend , it does n't exist at the moment . |
| 16 | Most important was losing inches off my hips , which I have n't been able to do before … . ‘ |
| 17 | An important work which I have not been able to consult is " Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland and of the Isle of Man " by Charles John Shore , Baron Teignmouth . |
| 18 | An important work which I have not been able to consult is " Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland and of the Isle of Man " by Charles John Shore , Baron Teignmouth . |
| 19 | A right-wing politician recently declared that ‘ Rape is the only one of mankind 's crimes which I have not been forced to commit ’ . |
| 20 | His name is not even mentioned in the manual of literary dates with which I have just been refreshing my memory . |
| 21 | ‘ And here it is convenient to refer pointedly to the fact that it is Mr. Matthey , the original lessee , and not the Richardson executors , his assignees , who is defendant to the action and respondent on this appeal , as well as to the further fact that it was these executors , and not Mr. Matthey , who were the real and only actors in the matters to which I have just been referring . |
| 22 | As my own thank-offering I would like to try briefly to express some thoughts on education by which I have long been troubled and to which no place , for reasons which I will show , could be more appropriate than this . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the finest organised rescue in which I have ever been involved . ’ |
| 25 | The first , about which I have mainly been talking so far , is the generality , or potential for generality , of things in the world . |
| 26 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 27 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 28 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 29 | What I measure by is what I do and the measurement is by others , not by me . ’ |
| 30 | Now what I put out is my discs . |