Example sentences of "[indef pn] which [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm hoping she might have said something to someone which might help me find her . ’ |
| 2 | In the end he gave up trying to analyse his own feelings , or even totally understand them , and lay there relaxed , listening for the slow , regular breathing of sleep , and was n't sure if he detected it or not — The door opened briefly at one point and a young man 's voice said " Shit , " but Graham did n't even turn to look ; he knew it could be nothing which would disturb them . |
| 3 | Then came the thought that Mrs Maybury had something vital to tell her , something which would help her to find Elaine — or Lilian ; it was difficult not to think of her as Elaine . |
| 4 | I have something which may help you . |
| 5 | And foreseeing that necessity , you made sure that you knew something which could earn you money at need . |
| 6 | Something which could interest her without being thought so eccentric or so socially damaging that it would upset her mother . |
| 7 | But you will be receiving notification of the said meeting taking place and my colleague from Northern Irela Wales Northern Ireland , perhaps if you could have a chat with me in the corridor , I may be able to do something which can help you alleviate the sa situation between us . |
| 8 | ‘ This is something which will haunt me for the rest of my life . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid , Mr Sikes , ’ he said , ‘ the boy may say something which will get us into trouble . ’ |
| 10 | Speaking to people nicely may well have been William Charles 's greatest worldly asset , one which would enable him to make a living in the great metropolis , for all his lack of more specific skills . |
| 11 | How far these two constructions — the adjective with the verb and the adverb with the verb — should be considered in company with constructions such as : ( 15 ) Heidi saw the stork falter ( 16 ) kiss her goodbye ! is an interesting question , but one which would take us well beyond the bounds of the adjectival study on which we are focusing here . ) |
| 12 | And she 'd just had an idea , one which would get them all moving . |
| 13 | Another one which may surprise you , Saga . |
| 14 | As far as I can tell , they have all three led blameless lives , had no criminal connection , kept themselves to themselves and as separate from Moslems as they could , and had no occasion to even meet a Zikr , let alone enter into a relationship with one which might lead them to want to kill him . |
| 15 | Managing director and major shareholder Peter Kemmis Betty has been appointed president — a non-executive position but one which will enable him to concentrate on editorial areas , chess and archaeology , in which he has a particular interest . |
| 16 | Make sure it 's a really traumatic one which will haunt you throughout your adult life , like them plays on thursday night T.V. |
| 17 | He said If this person who ever he is has decided to join the Tory party then it is a matter for him and a matter of small regret but not one which will cause us to lie awake worrying about . |
| 18 | Although it is too early to say what impact it will have on the discipline , it has stimulated a powerful line of thought , and one which will concern us in later chapters . |
| 19 | Accordingly a minimum of £5 will be preferred in the present work , not so much as an arbitrary demarcation , but rather as one which should prompt us to seek further evidence to confirm the holder 's status . |
| 20 | He must also take such steps as are necessary for protecting any property of the estate but is not under an obligation to do anything which would involve him in expense ( s 287(3) ) . |
| 21 | But in front of the other pupils Mother Francis had made an iron-hard rule that Eve must never be seen to do anything which would give her a different status . |
| 22 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 23 | We can obviously take care with any articles for extra-group distribution not to say anything which may embarass us . |
| 24 | The old woman died , Rachel searched the house for anything which might incriminate her , and then disappeared . ’ |
| 25 | And if you do agree to them , but later have second thoughts , seek expert advice before doing anything which might expose you to legal action , or to the risk that the instalment payments will be stopped . |
| 26 | Newspapers are forbidden by law to publish anything which might identify you . |
| 27 | It was merely that he never wanted in a tournament round to risk anything which might upset his endlessly repetitive ritual and rhythm . |
| 28 | We have a good spirit and I do n't want to do anything which might put it at risk . ’ |
| 29 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 30 | Have n't you found anything which will help us ? ’ |