Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We paid for it ourselves , but covered expenses by cutting soul-destroying administrative jobs which only involved keying in names . ’ |
| 2 | By my first week in-country ( my third on mefloquine ) I had reduced sensation in my legs , was waking up with a start from severe nightmares which subjectively had lasted for hours ( in reality for only 15 min ) , and occasionally wondering what it would be like to jump the eight floors from my hotel room . |
| 3 | Apart from the inflationary impact of such measures , the global trend towards higher taxation on fuel consumption is souring relations with leading oil-producing states which yesterday threatened to retaliate with levies on imports from Europe and the US . |
| 4 | The scheme , which still had to go before parliament , had the backing of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 5 | The scheme , which still had to go before parliament , had the backing of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 6 | He rode on the Sambre 's northern bank , drawn towards the town by the sound of musketry which had been loud an hour before , but which now had faded into silence . |
| 7 | Again not unknown to the market , having been previously estimated at £500,000–700,000 by Sotheby 's then offered to the Louvre , the first of the Rubens , ‘ Portrait of Madame de Vicq ’ ( lot 56 ) , was nonetheless an outstanding work which narrowly failed to sell at £950,000 ( est. £1–1.5 million ) , and sold after the sale . |
| 8 | I started giving lessons to more pupils , which sometimes involved cycling to houses far out in the country side . |
| 9 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 10 | Encouraged by the success of a Whitby boat which recently began fishing for scallops , a small armada has headed for the Yorkshire ports . |
| 11 | That road must have passed close to the place now called Chiswick , but keeping well north of the river swamps , probably along the northern boundary of the area which subsequently became known as Turnham Green . |