Example sentences of "which they [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly three years after the murder , Mr and Mrs Macaulay still share the same sense of outrage and defiance against the IRA which they felt at the time of the killings . |
| 2 | There are many cases recorded in which Christian subjects petitioned the sultan to redress grievances which they suffered at the hands of overbearing church leaders , and where the sultan acted in the interests of the petitioners . |
| 3 | The local communities had to pay for the equipment of the men selected and their expenses until they reached the county boundary , after which they served at the king 's wages . |
| 4 | We must be cautious , though , in making the assumption that such words as ‘ king ’ , ‘ prophet ’ or ‘ Messiah ’ still convey to us the meaning which they had at the time and in the world of Jesus . |
| 5 | Among other things , this opens up the multiculturalists and antiracists to the very charge of propaganda and indoctrination which they level at the textbooks , authors and teachers they are attempting to challenge . |
| 6 | As Jelka watched , the men subdued her , forcing her into a padded jacket , the over-long arms of which they fastened at the back . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs owned property in Egypt which they lost at the time of the Suez crisis in 1956 . |
| 8 | They had muddy boots which they kicked against the kitchen step , and muddy hands which they washed at the sink . |
| 9 | did they actually have to claim how much , I mean er you know they produced , cos all we 're saying here is they 're just taking a a nominal amount which they stipulate at the beginning of a three year period , and they 're just gon na take that . |
| 10 | Retired teacher Geri Hazelby , and his wife Rowena , showed the champion Charollaisa ewe lamb , bred by near neighbour and former Welsh Agricultural College principal Dr Dai Davies which they bought at the society 's Banbury show and sale . |
| 11 | The shape of a beak is described by the ratio of its length to its depth , and its curvature ; similarly , the position of eyes may be characterised as the angle which they subtend at the centre of the bird 's head . |