Example sentences of "which had [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the 13 legalized opposition groups which had participated at the conference were allowed to put up candidates . |
| 2 | It is true that the taste for the Picturesque which had developed at the end of the eighteenth century had led the educated to take a visual pleasure in the exteriors of vernacular buildings ( Jane Austen pokes fun at the taste on more than one occasion ) . |
| 3 | Sonia refused the party presidency , not surprisingly ; and the stock markets , which had plunged at the news of Rajiv 's death and risen at the news of her election , plunged again . |
| 4 | As we waited for the lights to change I noticed a sleek white sports car which had stopped at the foot of the church steps to take in a passenger . |
| 5 | It was the end to a protracted period of trauma and uncertainty for the management and employees of the company , which had begun at the beginning of the year when the rumours that Gardner Merchant was for sale had begun to circulate . |
| 6 | Tonight the sun shone through elegant Regency stripes of red and cream instead of through the chintz which had hung at the window for the past month . |
| 7 | Berndt said , as though it were his incisive wit alone which had arrived at the nub , ‘ The question is , what do we do with her in the meantime ? |
| 8 | On Oct. 28 French naval tugs had towed away boats belonging to the environmental group Greenpeace International , which had docked at the port of Cherbourg to await the imminent arrival of the Akatsuki Maru . |