Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [Wh det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis had n't , after all , spilled the beans . |
| 2 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 3 | Such a nuisance it is because it 's a condition which makes you tire more easily , leaving you short of energy and breath . |
| 4 | ‘ When you body starts to heal , they ca n't breathe , so they release a chemical which makes you itch ; when you scratch , it takes the scab off the wound so they can breathe again . |
| 5 | It 's a question which makes him laugh . |
| 6 | The answer was a constant what did I differentiate ? |
| 7 | Topaz gave him a smile which made him quiver pleasurably . |
| 8 | This diagnostics program includes a module which lets you test individual components or the entire machine . |
| 9 | Emerging technologies such as document image processing ( DIP ) are surrounded by a mystique which makes them sound attractive to potential customers , who are nevertheless unsure about how they will actually help their business . |
| 10 | But not dropped , ’ he added with a grin which made him look like the prototype jovial monk . |
| 11 | As a student what do you view as the benefit of joining an Earthwatch expedition ? |
| 12 | Three 20-minute sessions a week which make you breathe a bit harder can improve circulation , help fight stress and improve the efficiency of your heart and lungs . |
| 13 | They 're becoming even easier to pick up once delicensed nowadays , thanks to the invasion of the upstart Metrocabs , which drive like a Panzer , look like an undertaker 's second-best hearse and give the punters a ride which makes them think they 're in a telephone-box on castors . |
| 14 | Have a guess what do you think two twelfths add one twelfth comes to how many twelfths would that come to ? |
| 15 | Or turn to a well what do you call it when they turn to a liquid . |
| 16 | It was a position which helped him survive many subsequent close calls , particularly during the wave of anti-foreign sentiment engendered under the later years of President Sukarno 's regime . |
| 17 | William Golding described Piggy in a way which made us feel sorry for him . |
| 18 | Fictional stressing of deep connections between primitive and developed man , as well as the connections between primitive ritual and modern dramatic and religious practice stressed by Cornford , Harrison , Frazer , and the others encouraged Eliot to interpret the Rivers book in a way which let him see in it a reflection of his personal crisis . |
| 19 | Tell a grown-up you trust if anyone frightens you or tries to touch you in a way which makes you feel unsafe . |
| 20 | Richard Morris suffers from a disease which makes him fall asleep uncontrollably several times a day . |
| 21 | This month , however , David reflects on his uniquely busy lifestyle , a lifestyle which sees him manage , coach , commentate , and travel . |
| 22 | As well as an impressive range of graph types , Quattro Pro has an Annotator which lets you embellish your graphs |
| 23 | His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation . |
| 24 | Resting there , in the protection of the mighty canopy , was an object which made him feel faint with fear . |
| 25 | Okay okay right so an acid and an alkali what do we get ? |
| 26 | This is an add-in which lets you turn even your widest worksheet into a kind of banner printout . |
| 27 | He was wearing an apron which made him look like a housewife , and tinkering with glass eyes , taking them out of a box and holding them up to the empty sockets of the dead bird , trying to find a matching pair that fitted . |