Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is the Drowned Forest , which once stood on the land , before the sea came in over it . |
| 32 | It is the last remaining of four windmills which once stood in the town . |
| 33 | It takes its name from the Norse word ‘ lax ’ meaning salmon , which once swam in the river . |
| 34 | The day was high and bright , the salt tang seasoning the after-pulse of summer heat which still hung in the air , but nothing could shift my sense of despondency , nagging depression . |
| 35 | And I can not believe that the two did not exchange at length here , passing the very threshold of such a dominant historic occasion , an event which still burnt into the consciousness of all Scots at the time . |
| 36 | A pre-filter of simple gravel ( we have tested a prototype GSM — not the new model — which still suffered from the age old problem of clogging , which also afflicts simple foam pre-filters ) . |
| 37 | The bogus golfers had placed a triangular support under the open end of the decapitated golf-bag and had hammered a notched support into the grout at its base , which still rested on the trolley . |
| 38 | Cardiff could see that he had attached a microphone of some kind to the metal container which still rested on the chair and which had been giving the so-called mysterious ‘ readings ’ . |
| 39 | Wilkes and Cobbett wrote for a society which still shuddered at the memory of the puritans and their censors , the good people appointed by Cromwell to license and to regulate the press . |
| 40 | Wycliffe took the sergeant to lunch at his hotel and they sat by the great window overlooking the sea , which still sparkled in the sun . |
| 41 | The priest completed his circuit and disappeared behind the altar screen , leaving in his wake a long trail of incense which gradually mounted into the roof and lost itself among the ostrich eggs and silver censers suspended there . |
| 42 | In recent geological time there was a post-glacial rise in the sea-level which gradually broke through the chalk barrier , leaving Old Harry in Purbeck and the Needles in the Isle of Wight 15 miles apart . |
| 43 | An interesting entry by the Kildalton minister relates that " The only animals which formerly existed in the parish , but are now extinct , are red-deer and foxes . " |
| 44 | An interesting entry by the Kildalton minister relates that " The only animals which formerly existed in the parish , but are now extinct , are red-deer and foxes . " |
| 45 | However , we decided to try it with the food and tucked into some quite outstanding starters , including terrine of foie gras with wild mushrooms and some grilled bites of red mullet with caviar which positively leapt into the mouth . |
| 46 | The change of term was not quick enough and he covered it with a grandiose sweep of his hand which nearly knocked over the Doctor 's goblet . |
| 47 | The Left-wing bias of the Cabinet had enabled Mr Major to ‘ railroad through ’ his proposals on Maastricht which nearly led to the Government 's defeat . |
| 48 | The skull has recently been identified as the fossilized cranium of a white woman , at least 1,500 years old , which probably came from the burial ground on Pilsden Pen . |
| 49 | Their leader , Tran Van Giau , used extreme methods to enforce compliance from the people which probably went beyond the policy of Ho . |
| 50 | It is hoped that residential care staff will continue to work closely with family members , to establish a different family network , replacing that which probably existed in the community . |
| 51 | The 1974 Kingshams excavation revealed two defensive phases in Blue Cutting , commencing with a timber palisade and shallow ditch running north-south , fronting a rampart which probably lay to the west . |
| 52 | The Celtic cross , a cross in a circle , which probably related to the sun and solstice rites , was one symbol with such a pedigree . |
| 53 | The church dates back to the 14th century , and in the grass fields to the south of Station Road can still be seen the ridge and furrow of the open field arable strips which probably originated before the charter . |
| 54 | The percentage of effective votes , that is votes which clearly contributed to the election of a candidate and which may be regarded as a measure of voter satisfaction , throughout the Province remained unchanged at nearly 88% . |
| 55 | Industrial output fell by over 11 per cent in the course of the 1979 — 83 Parliament , a performance worse than in other western states which also suffered from the recession . |
| 56 | Sri Lanka , for whose tea exports Iraq was the second largest customer and which also suffered from the impact on its expatriate nationals and the loss of their earnings , sought international compensation for its reluctant imposition of sanctions . |
| 57 | The ballot was carried out to coincide with a debate among Euro-MPs which also agreed to the ban in principle . |
| 58 | Similarly , the library and student services functions , which also related to the delivery of courses , could be regarded as part of the operations group . |
| 59 | Mr Garvey 's car , a Volvo estate , which also vanished from the family home at the same time as Mr Garvey , was found this afternoon at Great Yarmouth , parked in a side street . |
| 60 | An arbitrary cut off of -0.5 mmol H + /mmol creatinine ( roughly equidistant from the 95% CI of both means , and which also corresponded to the cut off value obtained from intubation studies ) was chosen to discriminate between normochlorhydric and achlorhydric individuals . |