Example sentences of "[Wh det] i [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The maxim on which I act at any moment is the personal rule which is guiding my behaviour — for Kant it is of the essence of voluntary action that there is such a maxim in every case .
2 ‘ My GP prescribed an oral antibiotic which I took for five months , but it did n't do anything .
3 Then came the delicious moment of the aperitivo , that sense of the whole city beginning to wind down towards lunch , which I took at any one of a dozen excellent and welcoming restaurants where I was sure to be hailed and called over to one table or another .
4 In The Clock Tower I first block in the spider web of interconnecting darks which I visualise as one large dark shape .
5 In The Clock Tower I first block in the spider web of interconnecting darks which I visualise as one large dark shape .
6 I personally use a .013-.056 gauge on all the acoustics and all the electrics with the exception of the Firebird , which I use for regular flatpicking in standard Spanish tuning , and that one has much lighter strings on it — an .009 set but with an .011 on the top E. ’
7 I was able to realize this desire agreeably by means of a small scholarly society which I formed with two friends . "
8 This book is about Britain 's Defence policy in her post-imperial era , and is the sequel to my Withdrawal from Empire , published in 1986 , in which I looked through military eyes at the creation , development and eventual transformation of the Empire into the loosely-knit British Commonwealth .
9 My first rod is used to cast to within a yard or two of a predetermined spot ; a spot which I know from past experience is a productive one .
10 and placed his resignation in my hands , which I accepted with great regret .
11 ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’
12 ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’
13 But I soon learnt how to bake little cakes made of corn , which I ate with warm milk .
14 there , which I got off one of my
15 With the leave of the House , Mr. Deputy Speaker , I wish once again to refer to the St. Kentigern-Oatridge problem , which is repeated in all our constituencies in one form or another , and which I recommend to some diligent Peer in the other place .
16 In many ways it is an abbreviated version of my earlier work Flying Model Helicopters , which I recommend for those who require a fuller appreciation of the subject .
17 Apparently I had windmilled in at a quarter to ten , with three bottles of champagne , all of which I dropped in one catastrophic juggle .
18 The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence .
19 Some , like Bina Gardens , where he had spent pleasant evenings with Frank Morley and Geoffrey Faber in the 1930s at John Hayward 's flat , resulted in the Noctes Binanianae , a little private anthology which I came upon later in the Houghton Library at Harvard .
20 However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger .
21 It has suffered in recent years from heavy traffic which the new by — pass will alleviate , but the old market town which I remember from forty-odd years ago is fast becoming yet a multiple retailers ' outlet .
22 That is the right way forward for this country , the European Community and the wider Europe which I hope in due course will join the Community .
23 The European arts festival , which I announced on 9 December will be a rewarding and imaginative way of celebrating our Presidency of the European Community in the second half of the year .
24 And one of the differences that anorexia can become much more visible and identifiable , whereas those of us who have experienced bulimia , which I had for thirteen years , can be extremely secret and well disguised because we normally do n't change from normal body weight .
25 The two other officers were staring at me with a curiosity which I had at first thought similar to the curiosity I had found among the soldiers .
26 I have a business to run and a home of my own , which I prefer to this rather flashy place of yours . ’
27 Mother knitted a white cotton quilt before she married , which I treasure to this day .
28 I was hustled away to a cold , stone-flagged cell beneath the Guildhall which I shared with two of the biggest rats I have ever clapped eyes on .
29 I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for .
30 I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often .
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