Example sentences of "which [pers pn] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Unusually for me , I saw a few paintings and so on which I thought were lovely , but of course purchase is quite out of the question — and anyway we have no wall space left here !
2 We were split up which I thought was cruel .
3 And you 'd actually spotted it already which I thought was brilliant except we do need to have the
4 Sara Maitland says : ‘ I could say something which I thought was warm and friendly , but which might be regarded by the voters of Milwaukee as offensive . ’
5 supposed to be which I thought was good of them really cos you know , it 's nice to know is n't it ?
6 I pushed open the door of the old house , which I thought was uninhabited , but to my surprise there was a bed , a table and a candle inside .
7 Even people who managed to stay married seemed to do it only by making incredible compromises which I thought was contemptible . ’
8 ‘ It was then I decided to find a product which I thought was marketable and start marketing it , ’ he said .
9 The other criteria I I I I tend to agree with are matters which are capable of being weighing and balancing against each other and they are not overriding , but I think those three matter which I specified are overriding and would rule out any location .
10 So I had stuff which I knew was good , but that did n't quite fit the group because the tunes needed to be more orchestrated .
11 Lewes has only had a mayor or two for a hundred years , and so its ceremonial is somewhat new , but one was able to draw on the traditions in places like Rye , where it goes back to the thirteenth/fourteenth centuries , and erm I used some of the phraseologies out of sixteenth century Rye documents and so on in my Lewes mayoralty on these sorts of ceremonial occasions , and introduced some of the ceremonial which I knew was authentic to mayoralties elsewhere in Sussex .
12 erm Lewes has only had a mayoralty for a hundred years , and so its ceremonial is somewhat new , but one was able to draw on the traditions in places like Rye where it goes back to the thirteenth , fourteenth centuries and erm I used some of the phraseologies out of sixteenth century Rye documents and so on in my Lewes mayoralty on these sorts of ceremonial occasions , and introduced some of the ceremonial which I knew was authentic to mayoralties elsewhere in Sussex .
13 Feeling pleased for them , I lowered the binoculars through which I 'd been able to see even the tears on Mrs Unwin 's cheeks , and there below me and in front of the grandstand was the man with the gaunt face looking up towards the Clubhouse windows .
14 The Clown Loach are continually fighting ; they emit a clicking sound which I know is territorial .
15 But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result .
16 Say only that this of which I speak is pleasing to you . ’
17 decided that we wanted a complaint examiner and an investigator , which I admit is unlikely , er we 're much further along the , a much longer lead time there .
18 I stress this in order to underline that the view which I express is idiosyncratic , prejudiced and probably heretical .
19 ‘ The only circumstances in which I would anticipate the use of the remedies of certiorari and mandamus would be in the event , which I hope is unthinkable , of the panel acting in breach of the rules of natural justice — in other words , unfairly .
20 The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory .
21 Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it .
22 The framework set out in Crystal and Quirk ( 1964 ) is unsatisfactory in two ways : firstly , no explicit distinction is made between sequential and prosodic variables and the choice between , say , rising as opposed to falling tone is presented as a choice of the same type as the choice between fast and slow speed ( tempo ) , which I feel is confusing .
23 The other thing which I feel is important is that the section is supervised .
24 There are several accounts of the events of this crucial period in the history of British ‘ race relations ’ : what follows is an attempt to highlight some of the features which I feel are pertinent to a discussion of ‘ racial problem ’ films of the era .
25 The report that was put to committee by the the officers have arguments which I feel are fatuous , fallacious , erroneous and at best equivocal .
26 I exclude from the question of compensation the element of injury to the eye , which I feel was accidental and not due to any negligence . ’
27 If the House will bear with me , I too can give hon. Members an insight into the words on my brief by reading them out : ’ I should begin by saying that the Report stage was dominated by Government amendments , which I believe is rare .
28 I should be glad if Mr Henderson , USA , would transmit to the Shah the following observation of a general character which I believe is correct and in accordance with democratic principles .
29 I do that in the context of the proposals in the Bill , which I believe are vital for the future of Cardiff .
30 Lords I rise to support the Amendments move by Lord MacIntosh of Haringey which I believe are fundamental to the future policing of this country .
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