Example sentences of "[Wh det] they [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the subjects found that certain traits which they felt strongly about were important to whether they were likeable or not . |
| 2 | Undoubtedly the greatest obstacle was the fear of the shipowners that they would lose the right which they cherished so dearly , to select whatever crews they thought fit . |
| 3 | This was indeed what was sought by the IS team in the first place , and was a concept to which they clung tenaciously for some time . |
| 4 | As well as being taught the basic techniques of childcare , some girls may also need to learn how to give and take love , if they have come from environments in which they experienced very little love and affection . |
| 5 | When one looks more closely at the individual creation myths one recognizes that the work will involve more than simple description of the myths themselves ; it will be necessary to go into the societies from which they sprang in at least sufficient detail for the myths to be appreciated in context . |
| 6 | Conversely , many headquarters staff saw those in the field as too narrowly concerned with the running of their own prison establishments , and resistant to any suggestion that they should be called to account for the extent to which they implemented nationally agreed policies . |
| 7 | Other critics praised Street Scene : George Blaisdell for instance liked the way in which ‘ simple persons have come into their own ’ and Photoplay told its readers that here they would find the ‘ humour , the pathos and the gripping drama ’ which they saw again and again in their own lives and in their own newspapers , but then it went on to ask : ‘ Will it be box-office ? ’ |
| 8 | By September 1991 , a combination of the impact of the recession , the high fixed costs of the Newport office and the loans to pay off the four partners had landed the firm with a £1.65m debt , £1m of which they saw as long-term borrowing and £650,000 as their working capital requirement . |
| 9 | The big city station from which they saw off their loved ones to war , from where they left for their honeymoons and holidays , where they kept their romantic trysts under the station clock , has been obliterated or at the very least altered out of all recognition . |
| 10 | The building which they saw then was a landmark in the development of monastic architecture in Europe in size , architectural design , and decoration ; and the new building at Canterbury , begun under Anselm and completed in 1130 , incorporated several important details from the design of the new church at Cluny . |
| 11 | Even if cosy was n't the word she would have applied to the conservatory opening out before her she could see it was a little more intimate than the vast medieval refectory in which they 'd previously dined . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , they investigated , and apparently it was quite easy , because it was a very distinctive typeface , which they 'd only used on one machine . |
| 13 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
| 14 | A cluster of keys which they 'd never found doors to fit ; instruction documents for a blender he 'd burned out making midnight margaritas ; a plastic bottle of massage oil . |
| 15 | But your readers will still get some satisfaction in the end from hearing what the detective deduced from something that was put before their own eyes and which they passed over . |
| 16 | They react to them in that way because automatically some of them do n't come from a background in which they grew up with father figures and another thing is they ca n't live up to the expectations of a lot of black women , so it makes them feel lesser . |
| 17 | What I do n't quite understand is what was the legal basis on which they went ahead with this despite the objection , presumably as some of the trustees as to what was being done , I could hear we 're talking of er a deficit of one point seven billion appearing or it a surplus disappearing into a deficit , which is actually four times as much has disappeared out of Maxwell . |
| 18 | The secondary school to which they went on would then have an accurate record of what they could do , and could save a great deal of time at present wasted in the transition from one school to another . |
| 19 | Others found their way into the western reaches of Argyll , also using shore caves as a base from which they went out seasonally fishing , hunting and gathering fruit , nuts and birds ' eggs . |
| 20 | But the efficiency and the ease with which they brushed aside Nottingham Forest 's disappointing challenge at Wembley will be the source of great encouragement for Mr Ferguson 's side . |
| 21 | Bernice gave them an encouraging smile , which they returned weakly , and detached herself from their embrace with one last squeeze and one last pat on the shoulder . |
| 22 | This was held by Salmon J. in Mount v. Jay & Jay Ltd. ( 1959 Q.B. ) where the buyers wrote their own delivery order which they sent off to the sub-purchaser . |
| 23 | The painters themselves , despite the highly organized aspect of the demonstration , appear to have been surprised at the sensation caused by their works and at the sudden notoriety which they acquired overnight . |
| 24 | Roman cities were planned as far as possible symmetrically on a grid system , although in the case of existing towns which they took over , or of hill sites , geographical problems made this difficult . |
| 25 | Their wages and salaries were paid in cash which they took home and split into differing amounts to cover the cost of food , clothing , household bills , entertainment etc . |
| 26 | In the summer of 1888 landowners from Poltawa came to the Amir 's dominion and bought up live sheep in Kara Kul , which they took home by the railway . |
| 27 | We were fascinated by the lither , graceful women , effortlessly balancing judge , beautiful towers of fruit on their heads , which they took daily to the temples for blessing . |
| 28 | Here classical elite theorists proved hard to pin down , specifying the ruling elite in different ways which they made little attempt to operationalize in empirical work . |
| 29 | In Europe their mission found a receptive audience in the groups of holy women , mulieres sanctae , who came together in various ways to pursue life-styles which they thought best furthered their ideal of a Scriptural vita apostolica . |
| 30 | They had been shocked by the dummy , which they thought far worse than the Hayling one . |