Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled .
2 And if recent reports are anything to go by it was n't only aircraft which were paying their respects to Parham yesterday .
3 She wondered whether there was something else that she had blocked from her conscious memory which was affecting her feelings towards men .
4 Ed Riverton was a top executive in INCUBUS , the great American banking syndicate which was spreading its tentacles across Europe , investing in just about every type of company which existed .
5 This was used as one of the major defences of the British aid programme in Nepal which was to concentrate their efforts in villages with a predominant presence of ex-Gurkha soldiers which would encourage both better rapport between British field officers and farmers , as well as an ( ex- ) army-style sense of organisation , discipline and work-practice within the village itself .
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