Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] which [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take a walk around the streets one day and have a look at all the innocent objects lying about which you could use to defend yourself in a desperate situation . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , ‘ sweat is of such a nature that it would not appear upon the skin unless pores existed through which it could pass from inside to the outside ’ . |
| 3 | Some of them brought to it a breadth of experience of teaching to which we could not lay claim . |
| 4 | It would be usual in this connection for partners to be expressly permitted to act as solicitors for their own families free of charge except for any disbursements or out of pocket expenses incurred by the firm ( Clause 13.05 ) ; ( 3 ) requiring each partner to be responsible for the prompt discharge of his separate obligations and to indemnify his co-partners should circumstances ever arise in which they could be made liable for the same . |
| 5 | Now and again , however , we caught glimpses of its Templar past : black Beauce crosses printed on the walls which the passage of time had not faded ; old arrow slits through which you could glimpse the snowy fields beyond ; small gargoyles , some depicting wyverns or dragons , others the faces of long-dead knights . |
| 6 | Sixty years later , in a yet more striking case , the newly arrived Russian ambassador to Denmark , finding that the king , Christian V , was in bed and too ill to receive him , insisted on having another bed provided on which he could lie side by side with the king so that they could talk . |
| 7 | Mr Asquith maintained that the Prime Minister and nobody else could preside over the War Committee , otherwise decisions might be arrived at which he could not agree to , which would result in friction and delay … |