Example sentences of "which i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My GP prescribed an oral antibiotic which I took for five months , but it did n't do anything . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This is a picture which I took of him myself . |
| 4 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 5 | A soft pattering followed which I took to be matches falling around the receiver . |
| 6 | A woman was driving and she parked beside our land-cruiser , nodding to us briefly as she stepped out onto the road and flung a series of questions at the Indian , half in Spanish and half in a more guttural tongue , which I took to be Quechua . |
| 7 | ‘ The movies are true , ’ screamed my eyes from the back of the yellow can which I took from the airport . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 10 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |
| 11 | And according to the erm agreement which I made with the franchisee in June eighty nine erm his rent is also due for review er this August . |
| 12 | However , that leaves the galleries open to pressure , when they come to the Minister and make points such as that which I made at the beginning of my speech — saying , for instance , that last year the Tate gallery could buy only one work of art . |
| 13 | If , bearing in mind the theory of society and superego development so far advanced in this book , we now turn our attention back to the analysis of modern culture outlined in the article from which I quoted so extensively in the chapter before last , we can see that the following remarks , also from that article , take on a much greater significance in the light of the point which I made at the conclusion of the last regarding the lack of a culturally determined latency period among the Australian aborigines : |
| 14 | 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 . " … |
| 15 | My honourable friend from the front benches made the point about the gaps in er these regulations , they do n't cover Lloyds , they do n't cover pension schemes , pension funds they do n't cover banks which are domiciled er in the er in in the United States but er we also have the point which I made in the interjection to the minister that unless there 's a duty to detect fraud er er as well as report it , it 's really doubtful if the auditors can perform er the function . |
| 16 | The hostess came to greet me , and in reply to my question said that chicken curry was cooking , which I ordered with satisfaction . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | I recently decided to renew the plants , which I ordered from ‘ Tropical Plantation ’ , through PFK . |
| 19 | After supper the ladies sung Erse songs , to which I listened as an English audience to an Italian opera , delighted with the sound of words which I did not understand . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I can taste the liquor in my throat , which I drank to still the pain in my heart . ’ |
| 22 | There were dots in some of the distant fields which I assumed to be sheep . |
| 23 | However , I would also like to remind him that I wrote in response to a report which I assumed to be factual . |
| 24 | As I flew the approach I observed quite a tall tree on the threshold , which I assumed to be the obstruction . |
| 25 | 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' ’ . |
| 26 | There is a conference centre somewhere out in the wilds of nowhere in Derbyshire which I drove past coming back from Buxton . |
| 27 | In the next chapter , I will give some examples of " Jamaican " which I collected from children and adolescents in London . |
| 28 | I was able to realize this desire agreeably by means of a small scholarly society which I formed with two friends . " |
| 29 | Denise Harriman , the senator 's aide , uttered a barely audible sigh which I translated as an expression of relief that her responsibility for the twins was ending . |
| 30 | 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 . |