Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth is that I kept on having mental lapses , during which I could hear every word that was being spoken , understand the meaning of each word and even of some phrases , but could n't make these disparate utterances add up to anything that made sense . |
| 2 | She was scanning the windows of the ward above , and holding up a plastic shopping bag , through which I could discern two bottles of wine and several cartons of cakes and other goodies . |
| 3 | To escape this branding of myself as a bodily failure , I longed to be able to attach myself to an organisation stronger than myself , an association through which I could derive a feeling of physical achievement and personal status I would not otherwise possess . |
| 4 | Stead argues that only constant inquiry ( for which I could substitute ‘ inside ethnography ’ ) can prevent such an unacceptable trend , and it is some comfort to see a probationary policewoman , such as Cressida Dick ( 1985 ) , pointing out the political compromises such autocracy can produce , but which few of the chief officers seem willing to admit or even acknowledge . |
| 5 | ( No car of my own of which I could boast ) , |
| 6 | Repressing it , on the other hand , would mean existing in a drab , twilight world of pretended affections out of which I could see no escape . |
| 7 | He saluted the coach and we drove through the gates and up a hill past the enormous parade ground at the far end of which I could see the Monument aux-Morts , the memorial to every dead legionnaire . |
| 8 | I checked the map against what I could see . |
| 9 | I looked round for something with which I could knock him out after we had taken off . |
| 10 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 11 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 12 | The interviews gave me plenty of insights , but there was no way in which I could tell in what ways the Moonies might differ from other people of a similar age and from a similar background . |
| 13 | When I said ‘ English ’ he started on some obscure anecdote in which I could make out little except the name ‘ Margaret ’ and the repetition of ‘ kato , kato ’ , ‘ down , down ’ . |
| 14 | The atmosphere was less turbid than I 'd expected from Edward 's description — a glowing , orange-red furnace of heat in which I could make out the shadowy profiles of two pots . |
| 15 | I began to see ways in which I could improve . |
| 16 | I could visualise , as we sat under the rattan shade of the veranda , passing a perfect life on the island — a comfortable house , a garden in which I could grow everything I needed , enough fish to eat . |
| 17 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 18 | Such was the austerity of his habits that it never entered his head himself to have any kind of formal dinner in which I could join . |
| 19 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 20 | I knew Derek really enjoyed our trips and was only kidding , but I was thinking of ways in which I could raise more money to pay my share . |
| 21 | This contract was , perhaps , the only evidence from which I could deduce Helmut 's hurt . |
| 22 | This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose . |
| 23 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 24 | The order of events was the same each year : first , the bus or train ride to whatever town The Walk was to be held in ; then being stationed somewhere from which I could see the parade . |
| 25 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 26 | I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box . |
| 27 | I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box . |
| 28 | Somebody was trying to freak me out , and , from what I could gather , it might well have something to do with the Quigleys , with Veronica and this Mrs Danby . |
| 29 | He was basically gloating from what I could gather . |
| 30 | From what I could gather , we played crap for the first 20–25 minutes . |