Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb base] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thass wot I call livin' if you mus ' know . |
| 2 | For some people this may be self-imposed ; for me , my work forms part of it — it is something which I enjoy and from which I get considerable satisfaction . |
| 3 | If Mrs Marr knew a bit of human anatomy , for example , if she 'd had a medical training or been a PE teacher something like that , she 'd have a better chance of being competent , by which I mean lethal . |
| 4 | By which I mean two things . |
| 5 | Maybe it 's not activated — by which I mean ready to go off when a vessel passes over it — until the ticking stops . |
| 6 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 7 | but she said if you have n't paid your first half , they demand the lot , which I know that |
| 8 | Most of which I know some of them have already come to an end like Julie 's E S |
| 9 | Lot one hundred and seventeen another Bruguier now showing , Lot one hundred and seventeen for which I 've three thousand offered two hundred , five hundred three thousand five hundred three thousand eight hundred , four thousand at four thousand pounds now , any more at four thousand ? |
| 10 | Because some of the volunteers subsequently joined my slimming and exercise classes which I hold weekly at the Holiday Inn in Leicester , I was able to hear first hand the kind of encouraging comments which only served to confirm what I was seeing with my eyes as each week passed . |
| 11 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 12 | I always use Langton watercolour paper , which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour . |
| 13 | I have kept a journal , which I hope one day to publish . |
| 14 | It is also intended in due course to hold a number of open meetings in various places in the U.K. which I hope many Members will be able to attend . |
| 15 | But the frequency with which I receive such public congratulations ( to the great embarrassment of my nine-year-old son ) seems to indicate that at least a proportion of those who buy the book actually do read it . |
| 16 | A recent addition to the Cichlid world is the albino form of our old favourite the Oscar Astronotus ocellatus , about which I receive many queries , mostly asking whether it has special requirements . |
| 17 | It relates to that other world , the great shabby confusion outside these walls to which I return each evening , to Timmy and Cheryl , to my mother-in-law who comes to help out at the weekends , to everything unresolved and unsatisfactory . |
| 18 | He told the delegates that he was " tired of the impossible state of affairs in which I suffer bitter attacks from the outside … while I am also attacked by colleagues at home who sing the daily chorus of slander and besmirching " . |
| 19 | To the left of the sofa is yet another table with more papers , a small portable tape-recorder for the occasional piece of dictation and a bottle of Malvern which I take neat when thirsty . |
| 20 | Littlecott believed the District was ‘ fighting a test case the result of which I feel confident will have far-reaching effects throughout the country ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ That observation was aligned to your personal subjectivity , of course , with which I feel familiar , ’ the computer appended . |
| 22 | Mr C F Motley of Lincolnshire has a small collection of such things which I feel sure have a rarity value as match-slips are eagerly collected on a world-wide scale . |
| 23 | The book includes a chapter on calming massages to aid relaxation , which I feel sure would be beneficial to people of all ages . |
| 24 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 25 | Commenting on a considerable drop in sales at a book fair , one experienced bookman wrote about these travel books : ‘ That such a range of books which I find boring beyond belief — I prefer to call them non-books — was due for a shake-out , appeared inevitable to me . ’ |
| 26 | It is this , in the end , which I find disquieting about Callinicos ' book . |
| 27 | The reasons behind thousands upon thousands of black kids immersing themselves in sport may stem from basic inequalities which I find unacceptable , and , indeed , immoral , but I can not affirm that sport is some device for the perpetuation of these inequalities any more than I can agree with some critics , such as Paul Hoch , that sport is a mere instrument of capitalist domination designed to slough off energies or divert them into meaningless channels ( 1972 ) . |
| 28 | But this is only a ground for drawing a strong contrast between them and ‘ primary qualities ’ like shape , for those who , like Mackie , take a strong realist line about the latter which I find unacceptable . |
| 29 | Another funny story , also off the record is that that lay in a drawer for two years because they thought it was controversial , they thought it was which I find hilarious . |
| 30 | I have written about a T.V series which I find appalling . |