Example sentences of "[prep] which [noun] [vb past] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theoretically , therefore , the statutes made possible the social transformation for which liberals had been striving . |
| 2 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 3 | It was the vehicle for which Crawford had been looking . |
| 4 | While just behind it , standing still and staring towards Minch 's cage , the shape that had seemed to loom so large , as if it was one of the standing stones of which Minch had been speaking , became the shape of a man . |
| 5 | But it was not this group , as Allen knew , with which America had been dealing . |
| 6 | The language used to describe this is reminiscent of Harrison , as well as clearly relating to the technique of Charlie Mears , Tiresias , and the dromenon- like patterning with which Eliot had been experimenting in the quatrain poems . |
| 7 | Then she pulled up to the table the kitchen chair upon which Jack had been sitting and sat down , placing her elbows on the table and her head in her hands . |
| 8 | This powerfully confirmed the way in which Tolkien had been accustoming himself to think about the world ever since he grew to manhood . |