Example sentences of "which [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | which I shall not attempt to conceal from you , but before I come down to the details let me say that Darwinism occupies such a central position in evolutionary biology — in biology as a whole , not just in evolutionary biology but in the whole of biology — that any important , new idea in biology has to be , to some extent , judged by its compatibility with , or its contradictions of , the Darwinian position . |
| 2 | I do not know to which local authority the hon. Gentleman is referring , but may I try to explain the context of the debate to him , because it seems to be going straight over the heads of Conservative Members , as was evident in that intervention which I shall now try to answer . |
| 3 | For instance , take the word ‘ melin ’ ( which incidentally is not unlike the French word for mill — moulin ) : in certain situations , which I ca n't begin to understand , this becomes felin , the F being pronounced V. If you want the F sound , that 's two Fs . |
| 4 | other remark , which I ca n't let go unchallenged , that ninety percent of mental health work in the m community is looking after the worried well . |
| 5 | Which I would not like to have to work out . |
| 6 | I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction . |
| 7 | One event which has lived in my memory , and which I would not have liked to repeat , was of cycling home one evening ( I lived near Altrincham ) — and I was in the middle of Barton Bridge when I heard a German bomber overhead — I have never pedalled so quickly since , realising that I was in the middle of a prime target . |
| 8 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |
| 9 | ‘ How ? ’ he repeated , but , even though she thought that he suddenly seemed a little on edge , and although he appeared to hesitate — as if , most oddly , he was a little unsure , he then looked straight into her eyes and stated , ‘ There have been countless instances when , because of you , I 've found myself doing things which I would n't have believed . |
| 10 | Which I would n't have thought is extortionate in this day and age . |
| 11 | Er so I suspect it 's not worked out quite as we intended er and it I mean the main problem is that it 's it 's it 's cost us time , cost me time which I would rather have spent on something else but there we are . |
| 12 | I have seen clauses in record contracts which are absolutely meaningless and which I would happily have traded for a defined amount of money for a tour support , video , or promotional commitment . |
| 13 | ‘ On my tour I 'm going to sing My Funny Valentine and Some Enchanted Evening — songs which I would never have tackled before . |
| 14 | During the process , however , I have learnt so much about myself which I would never have known otherwise . |
| 15 | My new project led me into unexplored realms of psychology which I might otherwise have ignored . |
| 16 | Something came up in respect of the tie lines which I 'd just like to mention while we 're here in respect of . |
| 17 | which I 'd never have thought . |
| 18 | ‘ Mind you , I 'd rather that than one production of Mozart 's Don Giovanni which I 'd really prefer to forget ! |
| 19 | And it 's this journey from external reality to the profound truths of art , a journey which takes Proust through a series of investigations of the nature of time , the nature of the intellect , the nature of memory , it 's this journey which I must now attempt to trace , and I perhaps just ought to say that I think I get abstract once or twice from this point onwards . |
| 20 | He says an which he says you 've worked so hard , cos I worked for two casters which I should n't have done really , but that 's how I were used to working you see and er , he said er , I said well me dad keeps asking me to go and work for him , and he said well I 'll tell you what I 'll do with you , he says you 've worked so hard for us , this bloke came from Bloxford you know He says you 've worked so hard for us , he said we 'll agree to you going with your father , er for a month and see whether you like it , and if you do n't like it , come back and we 'll give you your job back . |
| 21 | And also I took shortcuts which I should n't have taken . |
| 22 | After reading the notice about all the nasty sexual diseases under the sun which I should n't have had , ( back then , Aids meant things you stuck in your ears or what mum kept in her bedroom drawer ) this rather butch looking nurse pricked my thumb with what looked like an elaborate stapler . |
| 23 | ‘ It is obvious that I have been exploited for propaganda purposes in a film in which I should never have allowed myself to appear , ’ he bitterly commented afterwards . |
| 24 | When Birkenhead left office in 1928 , Baldwin accepted his resignation with a reluctance which was convincing because honestly expressed : ‘ We shall part , on my side at least , with a feeling of personal regret which I could not have believed possible four years ago . ’ |
| 25 | I have often learned through dreams — frequently just floating snippets , as it were — things which I could not have learnt through my normal perceptions . |
| 26 | Erm which I could n't have managed without them . |
| 27 | A ten For the next hour I took delivery of many additional purchases , the vast majority of which I could n't remember purchasing . |
| 28 | I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady . |
| 29 | These work fine expect for one annoying problem which I can not seem to eliminate . |
| 30 | This is connected to questions about why some people are born with poor health and touches on some very deep aspects of philosophy which I will not attempt to discuss in this book . |