Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It may be described in general terms as a duty which requires a partner to act openly , fairly and honestly in all partnership dealings and which prohibits his obtaining any private benefit at the expense of the firm .
2 He was perpetually in the grip of some obscure , niggling , unexplained bitterness , which led him to repudiate most of the overtures which Clara would from time to time make towards him ; she made these attempts because she was less frightened of him than she was of her mother , and she did on one or two occasions — the purchase of a bicycle , permission to go to the cinema — manage to enlist his sympathies .
3 He had a passionate interest in music and opera which led him to design several operatic sets .
4 His long career in France which led him to hold high military and administrative posts , as well as amassing a fortune through the capture of prisoners in battle , the seizing of property and the exploitation of estates , shows him to have been a ‘ realistic ’ person in all that he did .
5 This belief , expressed in the legal doctrine of novus actus interruptus , is that a person is responsible for his own actions , and others are not responsible even if they induced his action by suggesting that there are reasons for it , or by behaving in ways which led him to form such a belief .
6 In the case of the Asiatic mode of production the source of the information which led him to introduce this new type of society is well documented .
7 Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) .
8 More probably he had tapped a fresh source of energy in himself — call it the power of love — which made him feel invincible .
9 Resting there , in the protection of the mighty canopy , was an object which made him feel faint with fear .
10 Evans stirred in his chair : there was something sinister about Horowitz which made him feel uneasy .
11 It was that — that sense of unpreparedness — which made him feel restless standing there ; made him turn and pace the room impatiently .
12 There was a sort of noisy anonymity about the rattling carriage which made him feel safe .
13 She was also flushed and evidently in a state of unrest , which made him feel chivalrous and sympathetic .
14 And it was not only that he had not got what he had hoped for , nor was it the jealousy which made him feel unsure .
15 He was talking to a small wizened man with long hair and a curved bone through his cheeks which made him appear tusked .
16 It was perhaps the small electric heater in my bedroom which made him say that .
17 He had only the slightest touch of rouge and a little mascara , which made him look healthy .
18 Jordan , the lawyer — a tubby little man , very dark , with glasses which made him look owlish — said : ‘ Do you know anything about these books , Gina ? ’
19 He was in his late twenties with pale skin , prematurely thinning hair and wore a pair of steel-rimmed spectacles which made him look studious .
20 biographical allegiance which made him look bad .
21 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 .
22 Hugh wore a pair of neat white shorts which made him look ready for tennis .
23 She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing .
24 Whereas your mother , presumably , had a different emotion , which made her think this was right and proper , or er , if it pleased her , issuing up this sacrifice .
25 It was the first time I had seen her in a pale colour — a light grey dress which made her seem shadowy .
26 She had been treated with drugs , which made her feel worse , and found it difficult to speak at all .
27 Which made her feel guilty , because Travis was his relative , not she .
28 As the rain gradually died away , birds began to fight and squabble like fractious children just allowed out after being cooped up indoors ; but then they did n't have leaky roofs ; neither did they have to climb up there as soon as it was light to inspect the damage ; or have a meeting with Leo , the thought of which made her feel weak inside .
29 Her secret was kept , her secret , which made her feel aglow inside .
30 He was prone to over-effusive compliments which made her feel embarrassed .
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