Example sentences of "which [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if social analysis is something which everyone does , those who engage in it professionally are still tempted by delusions of grandeur . |
| 2 | The word for questioning postnominal attributives , which ? , fares no better : ( 4 ) which them does muzak drive ? ( 5 ) which keys did Ellen shake ? |
| 3 | The rationale is interesting , and as so often with Justinian it has a moralistic flavour : ‘ because it is quite ridiculous and unreasonable that an object which someone does not absolutely possess among his property he should be able to transfer to others or charge as a hypothec or pledge or manumit and deceive the hopes of others . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Which I done , ’ he added flatly . |
| 5 | Luckily we were still in time to get into the RADA auditions , which I did and got a letter from them saying ‘ not only are you rejected but we strongly advise you to think about another career ’ . |
| 6 | After all the doubts and uncertainties , wrote Harsnet , most of which I did not admit to myself , or else tried to pretend were an integral part of the project , sense now that it is on its way . |
| 7 | The British official behind his high desk asked me numerous questions which I did n't understand . |
| 8 | The visitor told me things about her which I did n't believe , but still I nodded my head as if to confirm what she had said . |
| 9 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
| 10 | The older of the young ones let out a sniggering laugh which developed into a hiccoughy laugh , the younger one hissed out , fuckin' bloody Paki ; a third voice , I could n't tell whose , said something which I did not quite understand but sounded like , and indeed was , National Front . |
| 11 | In Structuralist Poetics Culler took an unenthusiastic view of deconstructionism , but he shortly returned to the United States and succumbed to the deconstructive wave that swept through the American academy in the late seventies , and into which I did not feel inclined to plunge . |
| 12 | I am not a modernist , though I presided at the Arts Council with liberal equanimity over the public funding of much modernist art which I did not understand . |
| 13 | She accused me of instructing them to dig the wrong grave , which I did n't and I immediately defended myself and said : ‘ Mary , I did not . |
| 14 | As I reached the door the woman smiled and said something in French which I did not understand . |
| 15 | cheeky so-and-so and to give him an audition and see what he was like — which I did — and was quite impressed . |
| 16 | I 'd started my album ‘ Were n't Born A Man ’ and Mick Ronson was the arranger and producer for a couple of tracks , and David produced a couple of tracks too , but during the making of the album , David became even bigger and bigger in America and the move to America was absolutely imminent so I had to finish my own album without the help of him because he was n't around — which I did . |
| 17 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 18 | There did n't seem to be anything to do but to close the door , which I did . |
| 19 | There is a purpose in living now , a sense of good in living which I did not know before . |
| 20 | The meadows were scattered with wild flowers some of which I did not recognise . |
| 21 | ‘ There was another side to him which I did n't see at first . |
| 22 | From this Time to that of her Death , few Days pass 'd in which I did not either see or hear from her ; for she gave me the Pleasure of seeing all her Poems as soon as they were finish 'd |
| 23 | ‘ I normally get that first thing in the morning , which I did n't today . |
| 24 | M. Dupont said something briefly which I did not catch , then Mr Lewis said again : ‘ Let me tell you , sir , I was appalled . |
| 25 | Well , after asking me for yardages , which I did n't have , Tom tested me out . |
| 26 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 27 | There was a mile along which I did not walk . |
| 28 | He asked me a lot of questions which I did not understand . |
| 29 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
| 30 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |