Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 2 | Burghley Park became his study and there he formulated his religious ideas which were to alienate him from society for the rest of his life . |
| 3 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 4 | Charles V , showing that good judgement of men which was to stand him in good stead throughout his reign , chose Bertrand du Guesclin to command his forces , and du Guesclin defeated Navarre at the battle of Cocherel in May 1364 . |
| 5 | He reported success with Yellow-root ( i.e. Hydrastis canadensis ) as it had ‘ flowered and ripened seeds in our garden , two years past , from some roots which were sent me from the inland parts of your country . |
| 6 | Thus developed in Lebanon a pattern of events which was to recreate itself in increasingly savage form over the coming years . |