Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst many Methodists inclined to Calvinism , many of the leading Evangelicals , notably Simeon and the Rev.John Venn , Rector of Clapham , tried to avoid doctrinal controversies , which seemed to them irrelevant to the paramount issue : how to lead a Christian life and enter the Kingdom of Heaven . |
| 2 | He very much objected to the inevitable contraction of Nicandra to Nico , which seemed to him common . |
| 3 | Chamberlain and I were inclined to be impatient when we saw him so reluctant to take the only course which seemed to us possible . ’ |
| 4 | Third , there was the severe deterioration of industrial relations in the few years prior to 1914 which brought with it violent strikes and syndicalism . |
| 5 | At first out of courtesy , but then , almost imperceptibly , as a declaration , a statement which carried with it inevitable responsibilities , inevitable pain , inevitable joy . |
| 6 | The chairmen were , of course , willing to make some cuts where the national interest required it , but Gaitskell pushed them too far , making what seemed to them impossible demands . |
| 7 | ‘ A creeping sense of sickness comes over me at the unnecessariness of mediocre painting , ’ he wrote , admitting also that he sat back , whilst others indulged in what seemed to him brittle insanity , ‘ with a sort of smothered grin and tight feeling of suffocation ’ . |
| 8 | That 's what happened to me old man in the cleaning business , I mean with you could write your own cheque virtually , but they , they had sort of like a three year , three year back log on painting , they just did n't pay anybody . |