Example sentences of "which still [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As we have seen in the section on Education , Wordsworth grew up in a mathematical and scientific age , which still adhered to principles discovered in the seventeenth century . |
| 2 | Rationing , which still applied to meat , bacon , butter , cheese , tea , sugar and sweets , actually became more austere than it had been in 1945 . |
| 3 | They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished . |
| 4 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 5 | Again , that matter was debated in Committee as the Minister said , after remaining entitlements had been secured , using the surpluses which still remained from TOPS , if any surpluses are left in addition , |
| 6 | Even after the murder of Thomas Becket in his own cathedral on 29 December 1170 , there were churches in Aquitaine which still turned to Henry for help and protection . |