Example sentences of "which [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | with the dining room at one end and a sitting room at the other in which case you had two light , ceiling light |
2 | Shortly after his return Gresley appointed him assistant carriage and wagon superintendent , in which capacity he introduced numerous innovations including modernized train interiors ; a completely articulated five-coach train set carried on only six bogies , in whose kitchen electric cooking was pioneered ; and also twin articulated sleeping cars . |
3 | In most districts the same person held the posts of justice of the peace and police magistrate , but it was necessary for the complainant to determine in which capacity he wanted this official to act . |
4 | He played for Sussex from 1912 to 1937 , during which period he took 2,211 wickets for Sussex at an individual cost of 17.41 runs . |
5 | The Greenlys moved to Clevedon for some time , in which district he made valuable contributions to Pre-Cambrian , Palaeozoic , and Quaternary geology . |
6 | Levine , an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm , was alleged to have been involved in insider trading over a period of six years , during which time he made huge profits while trading on the basis of material nonpublic information in the securities of companies . |
7 | Stockdale was a former Navy pilot who was shot down in Vietnam in 1965 and held prisoner for 2,714 days , during which time he suffered extensive maltreatment and torture . |
8 | Sharpe had no watch , but he estimated that he stayed at the edge of the wood for two hours during which time he counted twenty-two guns and forty-eight supply wagons . |
9 | Besides my kind luncheon host and hostess , I met the Marquess and Marchioness of Abergavenny , he succeeded the late Duke of Norfolk as the Queen 's Representative at Ascot , a role he carried out most effectively for ten years , during which time he suggested many improvements that her Majesty agreed should be carried out . |
10 | John Browne supplied ordnance to the Dutch until 1619 , at which time he employed 200 men at ironworks in Brenchley and Horsmonden , Kent . |
11 | Mr Walsh has led the Getty Museum since 1983 , before which time he held curatorial posts at the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , and at the Metropolitan in New York . |