Example sentences of "which [vb past] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stunt — which involved jumping out of a hot air balloon attached to a piece of elastic — has never been attempted in Britain before . |
| 2 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 3 | After five minutes the decision was made for them : they were jumped by six D-Vs which came dropping out of a stretch of dirty cloud . |
| 4 | Opposition to the NSF was led by the " historic " parties , in particular the NLP and the CDNPP , both of which wished to move faster towards a free-market economy . |
| 5 | He pointed to different sections which had discoloured almost in a wavy pattern . |
| 6 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 7 | He could always get old Benny Robinson , his helper , to sweep the place up and tie up the piles of cardboard , but Benny had already swept up twice that day and he was now busy sorting out bundles of twine which had fallen out of a damaged carton and become unwound . |
| 8 | We passed giant slabs of ice which had buckled up into a cracked swelling over a rock and saw ice discs spinning on the surface of the water like root-less lily pads . |
| 9 | Colbert went wet again in 1982 , there 's an active local theatre group , and some people in the area are in the process of restoring and reopening the Ritz — which had survived mainly as a warehouse , and briefly as a recording studio in 1957 — putting on plays , and possibly a film series too . |
| 10 | He stooped to retrieve an ear-ring which had dropped out of a blouse he was holding . |
| 11 | Her pains , which had started long before a frightened Rose , acting as an amateur midwife , had thought to send for him , had stopped — a bad sign . |
| 12 | ONly in one report was it suggested that ‘ fundic gland metaplasia ’ was a transient lesion , which tended to disappear spontaneously within a few months . |
| 13 | As they entered the stable-yard , Tamar gasped with pleasure and ran forward to the mare , which stood tied up to a rail . |