Example sentences of "which [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a magistrate or other influential figure in a town was the owner of a building in which an excise office was then located , he too was vulnerable to pressure should he waver in his loyalty to the political interest which had given him this tenant . |
| 2 | Grey eyes swept the outfit which had caused her some qualms , but it was modest compared to Nicky Kai 's , the oyster-coloured chiffon shirt collarless and slit to a point between her breasts , loose enough to leave them a mystery only occasionally glimpsed when she moved , dark nipples a shadowy suggestion . |
| 3 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 4 | Bush made his statement after receiving a CIA report in mid-February , which had informed him that Israeli claims that under 1 per cent of Soviet immigrants were being settled in the " occupied territories " was only partly true , because a further 10 per cent were being placed in settlements in East Jerusalem . |
| 5 | There was a desultory air to the whole performance , and I knew that he was conscious of his mediocre first round , which had put him some way down the field . |
| 6 | It was the tone of voice , cold , edged , which had reproached her that evening at The Towers , when she had not worn the bracelet . |