Example sentences of "which [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was playing guitar in a group which I ran for a while , and then had some success with a couple of singles . |
| 2 | I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time . |
| 3 | I had erm an eight ba er eight band wireless which I bought for a hundred and twenty quid when I was working . |
| 4 | Then you had a a spare man what you sent over the harvest , which you hired for a a month of occasionally they only used to come by the day . |
| 5 | But tossed about by a cruel world , Iris is not the sort of girl who quietly puts up with her destiny — just as the flower beneath which she reads for a moment , while a woman 's revenge wreaks horrible havoc in the final minutes , is not just an ordinary cactus . |
| 6 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 7 | The twins ' outfits for the panto , two of which they modelled for a preview , have cost £13,500 . |
| 8 | European directives on acquired rights and the transfer of undertakings regulations have given public service shop stewards their first glimmer of light over C C T which they fought for a decade with little more than their own bluff and courage . |
| 9 | They had all the grain of which they needed for a good breakfast to finish |
| 10 | I wrote to a prospective customer of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic on 19 May and faxed to you his letter in which he asked for a copy of the tape suitable for running on an AT&T machine . |
| 11 | Robert Bevan , one of their number , had worked at Pont-Aven and had known Paul Gauguin , and Sickert , whose sympathy with France went deep , owned a house in Neuville , on the outskirts of Dieppe , which he lent for a time to the Gilmans . |
| 12 | Connolly was sentenced to one day 's imprisonment , after which he applied for a summons against the labour master for alleged assault . |
| 13 | The book was never written and his only publications were two pamphlets , A Guide to the Electors of Great Britain , upon the Accession of a new King ( 1820 ) and Letters of Lord John Russell , upon the original formation of the House of Commons ( 1826 ) in which he declared for a thorough reform of the close boroughs he had always represented . |
| 14 | But last Thursday he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 15 | Last Thursday , however , he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre-left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 16 | Lord Newport asked Richard to teach in his place , which he did for a few months . |
| 17 | When Ken thereupon resigned , however , William appealed to him to remain , which he did for a further year . |
| 18 | Which he knows for a fact she does not spend on the child . |
| 19 | Community education organises two large camps each year for special needs students in addition to class provision which it arranges for a number of specific groups of adults : |
| 20 | And that is why we are so confident IBM — at least at the high levels where policy is made — has n't a clue about the nature of the large systems customers on which it depends for a considerable portion of its revenue and , we believe , more than half its gross profit . |
| 21 | Located in Bilston in the Black Country , Perry Poultry buys oven-ready poultry , which it processes for a prestigious range of customers including Marks & Spencer , Sainsbury 's and Kentucky Fried Chicken ( Perry makes Zingers , Kentucky 's new line of spiced burgers ) . |