Which of the sentences in this paragraph are complex?
They stood extraordinarily still; almost too still. What are these things? Should I feel fear or sympathy for them? They stare and wave their large arms at me as if I am a trespasser on forbidden land. I believe they are either trying to scare me off, or taught me into their grasp. The menacing arms give the impression that they, if given the chance, will chop off a knight’s head with a single swipe. Where is their mouth though? How is it able to eat us? Maybe they do not eat. It is possible that they may simply kill. Other than to feast, I cannot think of a reason as to why they would kill. Why then kill without an intention for doing so? A knight’s life is not wasted on the intention-less monsters! No, knights forsake such creatures and take their life in the name of God! Is that what it wants? Does it want me to come near? Am I underestimating these four armed giants? These questions spinning around in my head are driving me mad. All I can sum up from these questions is that these monsters are killers and have absolutely no problem with the killing of a knight. Not even a single pang of regret will hit their heart. This may be due to the fact that these giants have no heart!
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What you are looking for are sentences with one or more *dependent* clauses. There are three types of dependent clause: noun clause, adjective clause (also called a relative clause) and adverb clauses. They each contain their own subject and verb, or a reduction thereof. You do not want sentences with only one subject and verb, or a compound sentence which has multiple clauses (not dependent) joined by a conjunction (and, but, or, etc.)
They stare and wave their large arms at me as if I am a trespasser on forbidden land. (adverb clause)
The menacing arms give the impression that they, if given the chance, will chop off a knight’s head with a single swipe. (adverb clause)
It is possible that they may simply kill. (noun clause)
Other than to feast, I cannot think of a reason as to why they would kill. (noun clause)
All I can sum up from these questions is that these monsters are killers and have absolutely no problem with the killing of a knight.(noun clause)
This may be due to the fact that these giants have no heart! (noun clause)
"They stood extraordinarily still; almost too still." looks deceptively like a complex sentence, but it is merely compound; both sides of the semicolon share the same subject and verb.