Example sentences of "a [noun] which he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The murder had only occurred ten minutes before , but the old man already saw himself in the role of vital witness , and was polishing the phrases in a story which he would tell many times . |
| 2 | Each man , John was to learn , would cut out up to half a ton of slate and load it onto a sledge which he would drag out of the open shaft and along a perilous track slotted narrowly into the fellside . |
| 3 | One suspects that it is his concession to a profound loneliness , a loneliness which he dare breach only at great cost to his true self , his equilibrium as thinker/artist . |
| 4 | It is a right which he may transfer , and which on his death will pass under his will or according to the rules of intestacy . |
| 5 | This word ‘ gently ’ enhances the tenderness of the lines , while ‘ fields unsown ’ tells us that the man had to go and work in the fields , suggesting a strength and a vigour which he must have had and thereby making his death harder to accept . |
| 6 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 7 | The Collective State Presidency held , technically , the post of C.-in-C. of the armed forces , and it was believed that Milosevic was counting on forcing the army to intervene , a development which he would expect to bolster his own flagging domestic support . |
| 8 | He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were . |
| 9 | He was a large red-faced gentleman who always carried a whip which he would use on anyone trespassing on his property . |
| 10 | The question whether a man who considers himself wronged has a claim which he can make good will depend on the answer to the question : Is there a writ to meet his case or , if there is not one , can one be framed which the King 's Courts will hold good ? |
| 11 | In the hope of rectifying this unsatisfactory state of affairs , Hobbes aimed to lay bare ‘ elements ’ or seeds from which ‘ pure and true ’ philosophy might grow , if carefully cultivated by a method which he will describe . |
| 12 | The urchin simply said he had a message which he must give only to you . ’ |
| 13 | That was a challenge which he would like to undertake . |
| 14 | This does not affect the cogency of his criticism and prognostication — the cultural barbarism which he feared has perhaps descended , although not in a form which he could have envisaged . |
| 15 | Why had he returned to a milieu which he must have known was a dangerous one for him ? |
| 16 | Thus the young gallant should never ever be seen walking on foot , and should at all times carry funds enough ‘ for the expenses of a palanquin' which he should regard as ‘ the best of all conveyances ’ . |
| 17 | In 1987 he was appointed Managing Director of Rhenania Transport GmbH in Mannheim , a position which he will continue to hold . |
| 18 | The gearbox selected neutral as Patrese went through a quick left-hander , a problem which he could have coped with had the mechanism not decided to offer him , without warning , second gear half-way through . |
| 19 | Whether it was the unsavoury reputation of the government of Lloyd George ; or whether it was the division in the party between the followers of Lloyd George and the followers of Asquith ; or whether it was the aftermath of universal suffrage and the desire of the working man for a party which he could call his own — it now looked certain that the party division of the country would no longer lie between Liberal and Conservative but in a wider gulf between Conservative and Labour , with the Liberal Party on the sideline . |
| 20 | The prosecutor may direct policemen to carry out inquiries and interview witnesses , but he can not deputise them to interrogate the suspect , a task which he must perform himself . |
| 21 | He had never thought of trying to foster an attachment which he would have considered quite improper . |
| 22 | An operation which he could describe as due to take place some weeks ahead was the second to correct the condition . |
| 23 | We can do this by considering the reply Locke makes , in an early draft of the Essay , to an objection which he might seem to invite . |