Example sentences of "which [vb past] [pers pn] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a sorry thing , and one which caused her a few silent tears . |
| 2 | Courtesy of the UN , which paid her a handsome tax-free salary , she travelled widely , visiting exotic spots like Polynesia , Mauritius and the New Hebrides . |
| 3 | Mr Bill Pilkington gets to work on the D&S crossword , which took him a mere six-and-a-half minutes . |
| 4 | The training , which took her a bare eight months , was a strenuous business , including 52 hours of flying ( 13 of them solo ) , and culminating in four written exams , on air law , navigation and meteorology radio-telecommunications , and air-frames and engines . |
| 5 | However , a second election took place in September of that year , which gave him a pathetic working majority of four . |
| 6 | Isobel and Dorothy were battling their way against the wind down to the bus stop , the following morning , when they met Hank hunched up in his old black zipper jacket and a pair of earmuffs , which gave him a quaintly catlike appearance . |