Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 . |
| 2 | ‘ You have some papers , Fagin , ’ said Mr Brownlow quietly , ‘ which were given to you by Monks to look after . ’ |
| 3 | There is a chapter which discusses the letters from Germans — ‘ good Germans ’ in the main — which were sent to him in response to his book about the camps . |
| 4 | It was found among a collection of magazines , news-sheets and leaflets which were sent to us by one of the researchers for our archives on feminism in the 20th century . |
| 5 | Two letter of thanks were then read — the first from Edith Harlow thanking all the teachers for the lovely handbag , matching gloves and cheque which were presented to her at the Essex Rally together with a jewel box , cheque , flowers and an iced cake all given by Essex teachers and class members . |
| 6 | In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together . |
| 7 | Most of the submissions which were addressed to us by Mr. Persaud took matters no further . |
| 8 | The request which was made to me in Committee was to bring forward amendments to enable the Secretary of State to set up a funding council , on the clear understanding that no commitment was being given that we would wish to do such a thing . |
| 9 | It may mean ‘ this is a role which was ascribed to me as a woman and which I resented ’ . |
| 10 | Incidentally , the comedian Des O'Connor owns a guitar which was given to him by Holly , while Buddy was on tour in the UK . |
| 11 | The drama of the moment was recaptured in Perelandra , the second in the science-fiction trilogy , where Ransom remembers the strength which was given to him in a moment requiring supreme moral courage . |
| 12 | Jesus had no power of himself , he only communicated and performed through that which was given to him in relationship with the Father ( John 17:7f ) . |
| 13 | The Jews ' special characteristics derive from the religion which was given to them by Moses , which stressed one God who was invisible and would not allow images of Himself to be made for worship . |
| 14 | She left with the best wishes of all her colleagues — plus a colour TV which was presented to her by Tom Gorrie , Manager , Taurus . |
| 15 | Robin Smith has won the England player of the year award which was presented to him in London last night by the sponsors , Cornhill Insurance . |
| 16 | Although the survey vessel was now travelling at a speed faster than light , its occupants experienced no sense of progress other than that which was fed to them through the navigational telemetry . |
| 17 | At the time tomato purée for the restaurant was preserved in champagne bottles which were then sterilised — a method which was demonstrated to me by the cook at a pensione in Anacapri where I stayed during the summer of 1952 , and which I described in Italian Food . |
| 18 | The deal clearly does not work both ways as we learned from the Squidgy tape ( a copy of which was handed to me in that very restaurant some weeks before its contents were published ) . |
| 19 | Er you 'll be aware from the letter which was circulated to you by Steve , that we had a significant problem with water leakage down the our pipe , which joins the mains water supply at the memorial , war memorial . |
| 20 | I can hardly forget the story about Devil 's Bridge at Acklam ( Echo March 26 ) which was told to me by my father and handed down to him by his father . |