Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I paid for the rent for the villa , which I arranged myself with a Belgian count who owned it , and also paid the air fares for all the Mellors , ’ she said . |
| 2 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 3 | After a long while in which she heard nothing but the rasp of charcoal on canvas and the faint distant booming of the sea , he said , ‘ Talk if you want to . |
| 4 | He soon had it back with Granny 's belongings intact , and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver 's seat , in gratitude for which she kissed him on the cheek . |
| 5 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 6 | This accommodation , named " Hudson Flats " , bears witness not only to the enthusiasm with which the late Jimmy Hudson and his wife Mary worked for the provision of annual " Old Folks ' Holidays " , but also to the sum of £72,000 which they raised themselves towards the purchase of this property . |
| 7 | Why should I believe these people that one small grey lump which they showed me on a screen is a threat to my life ? |
| 8 | They had certain tricks and devices by which they avenged themselves on the interlopers , but these took up time and energy and , since they were young and inexperienced , frequently rebounded on themselves , although Sam , by dint of great perseverance and the manifestation of genuine hatred , had recently succeeded in ridding her home of her mother 's latest lover . |
| 9 | As Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ Honour must ever be done to the Tsar and Russian nation for the noble ardour and loyalty with which they hurled themselves into the war . ’ |
| 10 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 11 | The point is that Knighton , for all the ludicrous exhibitionism with which he announced himself to the Stretford End , decided to withdraw , despite evidence that he could indeed finance the original deal . |
| 12 | Meredith 's senses were alerted to his hard , firm male body , the command with which he manoeuvred them around the square , the pressure of his fingers against her supple spine . |
| 13 | It is evident that Ricardou had established a new doxa of reflexivity from which no deviations could be permitted , such was the extent to which he saw himself as the custodian of a radical modernity . |
| 14 | No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading . |
| 15 | This may have contributed to the vigour with which he immersed himself in the growing student unrest that was a feature if the political upheavals of the time . |
| 16 | The distinctive sloping pantile roof of the Chapel of Reconciliation came into view and soon we were descending stiffly from the coaches and joyfully into church to receive a special word of welcome from our Bishop , in which he reminded us of the purpose of a pilgrimage , together with our special intentions . |
| 17 | The conduct of the ministers was provocative , but Taylor 's treatment of them was more severe than that of his Archbishop , John Bramhall , who when faced with the same situation devised a form of letters , acceptable to the Presbyterians , by which he supplied them with the qualifications which they lacked , so that they were able to retain their livings . |
| 18 | Before Ronny Jordan was born , his mother 's landlord had a dream in which he pictured her beside a guitar . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , the main thrust of Kandel 's findings and the theoretical framework within which he set them during the 1970s and 1980s have until recently scarcely been challenged . |
| 20 | The status which it gave him as a disinherited lord led him to oppose the Anglo-Scottish truce of 1323 and helped to persuade him to turn his coat shortly afterwards . |
| 21 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 22 | That 's what I told you in the boat . ’ |
| 23 | Douglas now your background here is mainly erm er retail face to face but I can also read into and what er this and what you told me on the phone that there 's erm quote a lot of sales as well . |
| 24 | What you gave them to the barmaid ? |
| 25 | Hallo sir , you 're calling about your daughter , Jennifer , erm I 'm sorry , I do n't really have any more information to add to what we told you on the twentieth . |
| 26 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 27 | It 's what they baptized her at the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 28 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 29 | ‘ He said that he could n't pay me because he had to maintain his cash flow for the London opening , but what he would do was to let me regard what he owed me as a stake in the show . ’ |
| 30 | You know what he told me on the way home ? |