Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps the small electric heater in my bedroom which made him say that . |
| 2 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 3 | They assume a jurisdiction to declare whether a marriage has taken place or not , whether there is any impediment which makes it void or voidable . |
| 4 | I was just thinking how this feels incredibly … atmospheric , ’ she heard herself admitting reluctantly , waving an arm to encompass the satiny darkness of the sea all around them , ‘ I was thinking of the ghosts of all those Spanish galleons which met a sticky end in these very waters , hundreds of years ago , ’ she added , with a touch of melodrama which made him laugh out loud . |
| 5 | Rick James and Alison Gower also recorded a win in the 6–2 result which sees them clear of the relegation zone . |
| 6 | ‘ When you body starts to heal , they ca n't breathe , so they release a chemical which makes you itch ; when you scratch , it takes the scab off the wound so they can breathe again . |
| 7 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 8 | There was a sort of noisy anonymity about the rattling carriage which made him feel safe . |
| 9 | Thames Water has a code of practice which lets you know what we will do for you . |
| 10 | These more strident attitudes expressed in properly speaking ethical statements are ways of being in favour of or against types of behaviour with a degree of force which makes us wish disfavoured actions discouraged by some kind of social sanction . |
| 11 | ‘ They do n't have a lot left over for themselves and they see smoking as an affordable luxury which helps them cope . ’ |
| 12 | His face , to be sure , is not built for mirth : framed by luxuriant , shoulder-length black hair , his chubbyish cheeks curve round into a pinched mouth which makes him resemble Roshan Seth , the Indian actor who played the hero 's vodka-sodden father in My Beautiful Laundrette . |
| 13 | Such a nuisance it is because it 's a condition which makes you tire more easily , leaving you short of energy and breath . |
| 14 | Rock what did you do ? |
| 15 | The word trill what do you think it meant ? |
| 16 | And er Superintendent what did you do then ? |
| 17 | Let me give you another , another example , if you 're going to ask people to clean a railway carriage what do you mean by clean ? |
| 18 | His knees frequently dislocate and he has a painful hiatus hernia which makes him scream . |
| 19 | Sensitive leniency is not the only principle operating , however , for constables also need to avoid being ‘ taken for a ride ’ by an unrealistic excuse which makes them look foolish . |
| 20 | The court heard Bedworth , now a student at Edinburgh University studying artificial intelligence , spent hours sitting in his bedroom mastering a £200 Christmas present which helped him hack into hi-tech systems . |
| 21 | Any phrase or sentence which makes you feel calm , loving , joyful and expansive is an affirmation . |
| 22 | DesignaKnit has a very helpful function which lets you decide what the maximum allowable float length ( in stitches ) can be . |
| 23 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 24 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 25 | He gave me a look which made me wonder whether Mavis had n't , after all , spilled the beans . |
| 26 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 27 | As feminists , we need to have a way of looking at this work which makes us think about whose shattered lives and suffering produced the money used to pay her for her paintings — namely the poor rural workers of Britain and Ireland and the enslaved African peoples working in the West Indies and the American colonies . |
| 28 | Notice the glass window which lets you see what 's happening inside the oven without opening the door . |
| 29 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 30 | It is the spirit of the 1 Corinthians 7 passage which helps us unravel the appropriateness of such things as oral sex , anal sex , and masturbation . |