Example sentences of "[Wh det] i [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My legs were in a right mess from blows which I took from Tony Cordle and I could hardly bowl for all the strapping when we took the field , ’ grinned Robinson .
2 As to this , counsel for the council accepted the correctness of the following statement ( so far as it went ) which I made in Powell v McFarlane ( at 471 – 2 ) : " … the animus possidendi involves the intention , in one 's own name and on one 's own behalf to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title if he be not himself the possessor , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . " …
3 The hostess came to greet me , and in reply to my question said that chicken curry was cooking , which I ordered with satisfaction .
4 They never ever mention them bloody things , they were them windscreen wipers which I ordered before Christmas and it 's , it 's ridiculous , cos that 's , I know I can eh , I know by the er , by the er , that 's where I sent them back to that Brian Mill whatever I call it , well
5 I found nothing noteworthy except on one , possibly the leader , who had a considerable amount of silver which I pocketed for distribution to the poor .
6 Jesus Christ several times appeared to her with a sweet and gracious countenance , saying to her to rouse her courage , ‘ remember my love , that the bed of the cross on which I died for love of you was harder , narrower and more painful than that on which you are now lying' ’ .
7 In the next chapter , I will give some examples of " Jamaican " which I collected from children and adolescents in London .
8 Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing .
9 The second quote is from a member of the board of directors of the Highlander Research and Education Center during a board meeting which I attended in May 1986 : —
10 Yeah I 've got another trip which I saw on telly , again which I shall never do I think , er which sounded pretty good , you flew , flew to er
11 For example : Mother Simone in Pavlova 's version of La Fille Mal Gardée which I saw in Kiev ( 1954 ) was played by a man and used such tricks as titivating before meeting Father Thomas and fainting when Lise is discovered in her bedroom with Colas .
12 Mrs Ewing said : ‘ This decision , coupled with the pledge of support which I secured from John Major in Strasbourg last December , means that Europe 's least densely populated area stands a much better chance of receiving justice . ’
13 Perhaps if I start by saying that er I have er produced a one page summary which was n't with my er initial statements , which I passed to Mr and to Mr , but if I could er pass copies of that to yourself and to the panel .
14 Janice Flook ( Mrs Boniface ) writes ‘ after a varied career during which I migrated from chemistry to computing to telecommunications , I am now enjoying the early years of our son Keith who was born last year .
15 The first time I fished it I hooked a very big barbel which I estimated at 11lb to 12lb .
16 Are the rather variable and unpredictable patterns of kin support , which I identified in chapter 1 , of recent origin ?
17 I never wore the roll-neck out there again and as the years passed I was gradually given a large wardrobe of beautiful traditional dresses , which I wore with comfort and delight , each dress reminding me of the giver .
18 But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps .
19 Had I gone on with this research at the depth which I had in view I would undoubtedly have used a far more informal interview and , having chosen possible points of difference , I would have introduced these in the interviews and let the informants develop the themes themselves .
20 Then I thought I would try writing a thirty-minute comedy play , which I sent to ITV and asked for their comments .
21 This made me even more of a social outcast since most of the other girls already regarded my disability , my lack of money , my accent and the council estate on which I lived as reasons to ignore me .
22 We squashed side by side in the small double bed which I shared with Grandma when she came to stay .
23 This is the vision which I shared with President Gorbachev in Helsinki . "
24 My own ideas about creativity were summed up in the Verbal Arts Manifesto which I wrote with Anne Cluysenaar and Alan Young in 1982 .
25 This was typified by the television commentaries , which I heard on video when I returned to Britain .
26 A story which I heard from Dad about his days at Charlton-All-Saints brought a chuckle from him as he told it but , at the time , the occasion must have been almost tragic .
27 I collected a few birds on the way , among them a splendid Eagle which I killed at Perth .
28 Generally relevant here also is the ( pull ) set , which I discussed in chapters 3 and 4 .
29 This idea that parents have equal responsibilities towards their children has remained the dominant one in the twentieth century , as is evidenced by the contemporary research data on inheritance which I discussed in chapter 1 .
30 Professor Gilbert Kelling has suggested to me that the widespread early Cambrian and early Ordovician quartzites , which I discussed in chapter 1 , may represent episodes of plate stability .
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