Example sentences of "which gave [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their child had been acknowledged as his daughter and raised in his house , which gave her all the privileges and benefits of belonging to one of Egypt 's leading families . |
| 2 | When at last she gained some independence by taking a job which gave her some income of her own , she suddenly put her foot down . |
| 3 | About half the tables in the hotel dining-room were occupied but Wycliffe , with Kersey and Lucy Lane , was placed in one of the window embrasures which gave them all the privacy they could have wished . |
| 4 | ‘ I must write to Holmes at once , ’ I said , and I went straight to my room and wrote a letter to Holmes , which gave him all the details of Barrymore 's story . |
| 5 | The book of which gave him most satisfaction was William Neil 's One Volume Bible Commentary . |
| 6 | But it was the ability to become a socially responsible landlord which gave him most satisfaction . |
| 7 | True , he was an All-State footballer which gave him some excitement and fun ; but he always stayed in Neptune with Lorraine and with Mud . |
| 8 | For example , in Variation 5 of the above-quoted work , Bach kept all intervals true in the successive canons by inversion at the 6th , 3rd , 2nd , and 9th — a Herculean task , and surely one which gave him some satisfaction . |
| 9 | I have received thy kind letter of February the 19th 1755 , which gave me much satisfaction : and some uneasiness , that so many years have elapsed wherein we might have reciprocally communicated our observations to each other ; and although thee had incomparably the advantage over me , yet , notwithstanding , I love to peep into the abstruse operations of nature . |
| 10 | I am certainly grateful for the three days , which gave me much that I will certainly remember beyond two months ! |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't need gratitude for something which gave me such infinite pleasure . |
| 12 | The Andalo is a well constructed boot designed for the wider British foot , which gave me many miles of trouble-free walking . |
| 13 | I attended a fortnight 's training course at the BBC , which gave me some understanding of the part I would have to play in supervising the work of the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 14 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 15 | But BodyShop 's appearance is more a reflection of accounting curiosities which gave it such a huge return on capital last year : likewise fire extinguisher company Nu-Swift , whose remarkable figures last year put it at the top of the ROC table . |
| 16 | For another generation , this Covenant was to be held up as a model of political excellence within the Middle East , especially by the Western powers which gave it such approval but which did not have to suffer its consequences . |
| 17 | The camp was near the river which gave you all great joy-it had to be our bathroom — but that was fun to you too . |