Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he moved away , Shannon sent a silent stream of curses after the mischievous imp in her soul which had landed her in this , desperately trying to remember the instructions she 'd skimmed through in the beginners ' ‘ learn-to-ski ’ handbook Kelly had given her . |
| 2 | Invalided out of the army in 1915 , Colman began to take up the acting career which had fascinated him since amateur dramatics in childhood . |
| 3 | With Mr Crump 's wealth … his dreams of money diverted his energy from the sexual lust which had gripped him after that effervescent meeting with the Crumps . |
| 4 | It came into force for those states which had ratified it in 1953 . |
| 5 | Her problems were more to do with the self confidence which had characterised her from such an early age . |
| 6 | It meant that women could work towards defining their own autonomous sexuality , independent of the social institutions of marriage and the family which had fixed them in oppressive relationships with men . |
| 7 | Although Barry had consistently denied the drug accusations which had bedeviled him throughout much of his time in office , pressure upon him increased significantly following his discovery in December 1988 in a Washington hotel room by police who had arrived to investigate drug allegations against Charles Lewis , a friend of Barry 's . |
| 8 | There was no hint of the troubling flirtatiousness which had confused her on earlier occasions , yet neither was his manner that of the ‘ matey , all good pals together ’ variety which he had adopted during the first weeks of their friendship . |
| 9 | In addition to securing Commonwealth support for their position , the British sought to consolidate their own aviation policy into some definable form , something which had eluded them for several years . |
| 10 | It belonged to another College , which had let it to one of its fellows . |
| 11 | They were continual concrete evidence of the sleight of hand which had conjured me from one world to another . |
| 12 | The displacement looked to be of considerable extent , much larger than the chunk of 2020 which had brought me to 1816 , or the chunk of some mysterious medieval land which had arrived earlier on my front doorstep . |
| 13 | She heard the murmur of his voice , the whisper of the laughter they 'd shared , experienced again the warmth of his arms which had held her with such tenderness and passion . |
| 14 | The results showed that capercaillie had vanished from 12 of the 56 forests which had held them for 20 years , and numbers had declined in nearly all the other forests . |
| 15 | Furthermore , a quarter of the freeholdings were in the hands of completely different families from those which had held them in 1575 . |
| 16 | What had made him like this ? she pondered . |
| 17 | And , if so , what had pushed them to such ruthless lengths ? |
| 18 | What had brought them to this ancient grave ? |
| 19 | Nor am I. ’ She was restless , moving uneasily about the hut as once before , curious but preoccupied , and slow to come to what had brought her on this errand . |
| 20 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |