Example sentences of "which she [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
2 | Reaching into her skirt pocket , she brought out a silver shilling which she placed into the older man 's hand . |
3 | Before Cowley could add anything further , Roz Hatch appeared on the back lawn , carrying a tray of coffee , which she placed on the wide garden table . |
4 | Fascinated , Dr Neil , who had opened the bag and was beginning to pull out strange-looking forceps and a bottle of chloroform , watched her lift up her black skirt to reveal a spotless white petticoat , from which she cut a large square which she placed on the grimy table , having first cleared to one side the used cups and plates covered in half-eaten food . |
5 | Above the sink was a large cupboard which she opened despite the disapproving suck of John 's tongue . |
6 | She wrapped them in a piece of pale yellow silk which she tied up with a purple ribbon , and enclosed them in a square biscuit tin which she pushed to the very back of the buffet , behind the piles of tablecloths and napkins . |
7 | Then she produced a large green glass vase , which she attached to the closed orifice of the net . |
8 | People I had n't yet identified beckoned her eagerly to join them , which she did with the ravishing smile she had loosed once or twice in my direction . |