Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [verb] me " in BNC.

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1 But like Agnes 's , it was her eyes which fascinated me — large , dark , and almond-shaped .
2 My mind is full of dark thoughts and evil yearnings , terrible images which move me to wickedness , as if to some obscure crime which perhaps I have committed already — ’
3 Looking back on that visit , as I sometimes do , I find it difficult to reconcile the warm , charming and amusing hostess who spared the time to entertain us that day with the latter-day basso profundo screecher of the House of Commons and the earnest , ingratiating gusher of numerous television interviews ( performances which make me dream wistfully of the old saw , ‘ In the ideal society politics should be as unobtrusive as drains ’ ) .
4 There is an old-fashioned quality to these performances which leaves me wishing for something just a little less well-upholstered , although I can imagine anyone coming to Bach for the first time with this recording could well come away with the impression that old LEAVES is quite simply the ‘ bizz ’ , and I for one would not wish to argue with that !
5 For me , this system meant the weeding out of subjects which bored me , and the opportunity to concentrate and read around those which really interested me .
6 These are the pictures which interest me most for their complex attitude to the feminine .
7 Furthermore , there are particular reasons which impel me to that conclusion .
8 For reasons which baffle me , the referee thought that it was Gimbert who was pulling down the scrum .
9 I married Melanie in a rush , for reasons which embarrass me to remember .
10 I think it 's important to understand that all my work is about demystification — both of the self and of the medical and family discourses which defined me for much of my life .
11 Another part of the proposals which worries me is the Scottish Office taking responsibility for more of the main roads .
12 I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ?
13 During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone .
14 He said : ‘ In talking to people about the election I have become aware of two areas which concern me deeply and , I believe , compromise the democratic process .
15 I was impressed by a deluge of letters from the Masons which assured me that both men were entirely innocent of importing cannabis as the police alleged .
16 It was at this point I decided to modify the router fence with two aluminium blocks which allowed me to work off that face but beneath the area I wanted to machine away .
17 ‘ Those are some of the effects which prompted me to write .
18 No , it is not these articles which cause me concern , but you . ’
19 It was this change of circumstances which led me in announcing the making of the emergency order to say that W. 's wishes were no longer of weight .
20 One of the circumstances which drove me to these experiments will be familiar to most home cooks .
21 It is no doubt the remembrance of these early days which makes me despise and dislike all primeurs , the fruit artificially grown , gathered too early and expensively sent , wrapped in cotton wool , to " smart " restaurants .
22 I 'm happy where I am and I get called every couple of weeks which suits me . ’
23 The qualities I had cultivated to help me through , such as diligence , such as dignity , such as keeping my peace , had been , after all , weapons which isolated me and made me loathsome .
24 I received a few letters from strangers which made me realize that people did care .
25 The first questions which faced me after my own Worst Day were simple .
26 In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane .
27 every time is just compare sources which bores me stupid .
28 ‘ There are other things which disturb me greatly .
29 The other things which threw me were graphics accelerator particulars , caches , comms packages , architecture specifics ( SCSI ?
30 As I told you I think I have made observations which lead me to conclude that there are not only high but fertile lands on the verge of our intertropical Regions , and arguing from the Character of the Ranges here I should not be surprised to find in the more distant parts of the Continent , a Country vying with America in richness of Natural products , and I have very little doubts but that the discoveries to be made would amply repay the government any outlay it might make .
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