Example sentences of "[noun] which [vb past] them [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 United managed only one credible scoring effort in the 1-0 defeat away to Aston Villa which left them eight points adrift of Arsenal .
2 Murphy and Taggart led for much of the way but missed out a loop section of the route which cost them 30 marks and they dropped back .
3 The Founders appeared in the prospectus as holders of a Golden Share which gave them six powers .
4 Mr Hall denied this and maintained his 270 new recruits had been bonded together by the ugly scenes which confronted them each day as they passed picket lines .
5 Their work was hampered when a large boulder blocking their way was moved , resulting in a further fall of shale which took them several hours to remove .
6 Crystal Palace1 ARSENAL , back to the form which earned them two championships in three years , will use the rest of what has been a disappointing season for them to lay the foundations for future challenges .
7 I agree one hundred per cent with Graeme Souness when he insists it was that last 10 minutes in the Lenin Stadium which cost them eventual victory against Spartak Moscow .
8 The Irish team was lying second to Germany following Friday 's dressage but a fall on cross country by Karen Connelly to incur 60 penalties and a refusal by Sasha Harrison which cost them 20 penalties sent them out of the reckoning .
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