Example sentences of "which [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As he spoke I was very conscious of the smile which transformed his usually impassive face .
2 And if , in a woman-centred , woman-positive , pro-woman environment , women discover their affiliation and affection for other women , which raises critical questions about friendship and solidarity and love , and why we spend so much time and emotional energy on relationships with men which cause us so much pain .
3 It is the overall speed of the articulation which was so surprising , and which caused us so much difficulty at the stage of transcription .
4 It was at Ipswich snorkel club the instructors had brought in their aqualung which consisted of a tank which held the compressed air a regulator which supplied the air to the user and a pressure gauge which told us how much air we had in our tanks — we also had a back pack and harness which secured the tanks to us .
5 Some £150,000 will be allocated to various recreational schemes in London , most of which will be in boroughs through which the course runs ; boroughs which give us so much help .
6 She was carrying a small tapestry bag which contained her rather crumpled manuscript .
7 It seems reasonable to suspect that a certain political and military stability had first to be achieved and that the capacity to make law required consensus and mature counsel among the wiser men of the realm who advised the king which transcended his purely personal ambition .
8 Generally , however , high-fibre foods do require more chewing , which gives them yet another slimming advantage , as you will learn later in this book .
9 Rhyme , measure , and the turning of verses , which is indispensable and which gives them so much vigour , are analogous to the hidden symmetry , to the equilibrium at once wise and inspired , which governs the meeting or separation of lines and spaces , the echoes of color , etc. ’ poetic painting was Delacroix 's preference , but ‘ David 's picture of Leonidas at Thermopolae is masculine and vigorous prose , I admit ’ .
10 ‘ A part of myself … which gives me so much pain
11 But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’
12 Using the tow you can obviously go higher which gives you much more time skiing downhill to put the theory of turning into practice .
13 If you simply enjoy the countryside , we can add an extra dimension — and protect that which gives you so much pleasure .
14 Apparently , some 150,000 tobacco-related deaths occur each year , which gives us approximately one death every 35 minutes .
15 He was , to be fair , in a position which left him little real freedom of action .
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