Example sentences of "[prep] which [verb] me " in BNC.
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1 | There was also the lighter side to things , like the day a high-ranking RAF officer paid us a visit from Group Headquarters , the reason for which escapes me now . |
2 | It allowed , for instance , a little chat between Mrs Thatcher and a BBC reporter , the main purpose of which escaped me , unless it was to show that that lady can not be excluded from anything . |
3 | It had two wings , one of which made me think of a church . |
4 | These subtle departures from expectations are at their most obvious with fine recorded solo works , as on a disc of Heifetz potboilers , and another of Gervaise de Peyer playing English music ( on Chandos ) , both of which tended to sound mechanical , and both of which left me largely unmoved . |
5 | Recently , the Queen invited me to the Windsor Horse show along with my little friend Mohammed Al Fayed , who has a shop in Knightsbridge , the name of which escapes me . |
6 | My own suggestion that we were dealing with a whole nest of Mata Haris was declared plausible but incorrect while Team C , consisting of two middle-aged couples , produced two theories , the second of which named me as a potential mole ! |
7 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
8 | All of which makes me wonder how well this very American , sugar-pie world will translate to Europe . |
9 | Here he underwent a fourfold experience , the memory of which teaches me more about his experience and the life of prayer . |
10 | I think it is rebellious of you , that you can not be bothered to find a falsehood with which to flatter me . ’ |
11 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |
12 | ‘ I know you 'll find a nice cosy place in which to put me — preferably near your own room . |
13 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I have just noticed something outside which puzzles me . ’ |
14 | ‘ There are some initiatives going on which interest me , whereby young women who had a child when they were adolescent , and although they love the child , regret very much that they were too young , too immature , and too unsupported to care for it effectively : it 's being suggested that they should go into schools and talk to girls about the glories of motherhood at the right time , but begging them not to embark on it too young . |
15 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
16 | And , as you frequently remind me , I do not know enough of the wicked world in which I live — so one might consider the Clarion Cry a useful means by which to educate me . ’ |