Example sentences of "which they [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He married Elizabeth Leonie Knowles , by whom he had eleven children ; their two sons both went to Cambridge University before entering the family business , of which they later became directors . |
| 2 | it was the story of South Africa 's international summer , one in which they briefly touched heights and revealed glimpses of talent yet never quite reached their ultimate objectives in their travels through India , Australia , New Zealand and finally in the Caribbean . |
| 3 | Some men were particularly successful in Black Africa , and might return direct to Kufra with slaves , spices , even gold , which they then forwarded north to Alexandria for export , they alleged , ‘ to Istanbul ’ . |
| 4 | It discounted their felt need for individual responsibility and their desire to be entrusted with tasks over which they alone had control . |
| 5 | A few years after Lanfranc 's arrival , Eadmer described the English monks as living the lives of earls rather than monks , ‘ in all worldly glory , with gold and silver , with changes of fine clothes and delicate food , not to speak of the various kinds of musical instruments in which they delighted , and the horses , dogs and hawks with which they sometimes took exercise ’ . |