Example sentences of "which [vb past] see [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Progressively reducing the twenty Mk 1 sets by half , and acquiring from regular service stock a fleet of Mk 1 first open coaches , Ward put in hand a programme of vehicle refurbishment involving re-upholstering , recarpeting and curtain replacement and the fitting of individual table lamps , with the aim of restoring a level of respectability to coaches which had seen better days . |
2 | In fact there were only a few cars but quite a number of pack mules , some horse-drawn carts and one or two carozzelle , fine horse-drawn carriages , most of which had seen better days . |
3 | He was a cheery chap who wore a frock coat and a soiled black felt hat which had seen better days . |
4 | Hers was the ground floor flat of a tall old house which had seen better days and the communal front door was reached by means of three stone steps . |
5 | Hannah smiled , pulled out a stool ( which had seen better days ) and began to play . |
6 | Two men stood there , one tall and masked , the other a small , weasel-eyed individual dressed in a dirty leather jerkin , hose and boots which had seen better days . |
7 | Malpass 's car was a five-year-old Vauxhall which had seen better days , but then have n't we all . |
8 | She wore grubby jeans , torn at the knees , and an unironed acrylic sweater which had seen better days . |
9 | The mayoral elections in Tirgu Mures on May 24 returned to office an ethnic Hungarian , Nagy Gyozo , raising fears of ethnic tension in the Transylvanian town which had seen ethnic riots in March 1990 [ see p. 37743 ] . |
10 | The French delegation , which included five ministers , also emphasized trade and economic ties with Turkey ( which had seen considerable growth since the Mitterrand government re-opened relations with Turkey in 1984 ) and discussed the conflict in Azerbaijan . |