Example sentences of "which [vb past] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem which arose over finding the right dress for Miss Humby 's appearance has been amply described in Ada McGeer 's book of personal memoirs which she has entitled ‘ Oh Call Back Yesterday , Bid Time Return ’ , wherein she describes fully her frantic but successful efforts to secure Miss Humby 's dress from a Vancouver shop . |
| 2 | Faced with Faye 's genuine kindness , which surfaced frequently to soften the more ruthless , temperamental side of her personality , Belinda could not admit that she did not feel comfortable in the dress , so she said quite sincerely , ‘ That 's so lovely of you , Faye . |
| 3 | Was it the faint smell of herbs and newly baked dough , the soft ticking of the wall-mounted clock which seemed both to mark the passing seconds and yet to hold time in thrall , the rhythmic moaning of the sea through the half-open door , the sense of well-fed ease conveyed by the two cushioned armchairs , the open hearth ? |
| 4 | Throughout the week the races started on time ( except for previously announced postponements ) , the rescue cover was ample and markers included two conspicuous 2m black spheres which seemed hardly to break the surface , so high did they ride . |
| 5 | Some of the drovers , usually employed in the Cattle Auction Marts , were well plied with beer and in no time were leading processions of small and some not so small children around the city , processions which seemed mainly to support the Conservative cause . |
| 6 | I used to sit in my living room with my mouth open , eyes raised to heaven waiting for something to happen to give me this new boldness and this ability to speak in tongues which seemed often to accompany the events in Acts . |
| 7 | During the early twentieth century and increasingly during the inter-war years the ideology of motherhood was reinforced legislatively by the marriage bar , which was applied chiefly to professional women and which served firmly to delineate the world of married women from that of men at a time when it was becoming widely acceptable for single middle class girls and women to go out to work . |
| 8 | The movement 's critique proclaimed a uniqueness and originality for its discoveries to which it was never entitled and which served only to reinforce the self-deluding image of its own power and influence in the world . |
| 9 | She did n't reject it , but it had become irrelevant , its comfort only a candle which served fitfully to illumine the dark . |
| 10 | A consortium , which stepped in to clinch the deal when RTE pulled out , thinks tens of thousands of fans will crowd the selected venues . |
| 11 | The repression which followed temporarily halted the labour movement and dealt the party a heavy blow . |
| 12 | Their hiding place was surrounded by a German unit which began systematically to comb the wadi . |
| 13 | Evans started favourite following a string of victories at the distance which included twice breaking the Irish record last month . |
| 14 | Even non-aligned Yugoslavia enacted new legal regulations in 1974 which permitted within limits the provision of support services to any ‘ non-aggressor ’ navy . |
| 15 | JUST last week , General Manuel Noriega , already the supreme ruler of Panama , had himself named head of government and ‘ maximum leader for national liberation ’ by his personally appointed legislature , which went on to pronounce the country to be in a ‘ state of war ’ with the United States . |
| 16 | Sure enough , the wolf came and devoured him ; only his skull was left which went on reiterating the prophecy of doom for Rome . |
| 17 | The IRA has admitted planting eight firebombs in Milton Keynes last week.The admission came in a statement which went on to accuse the police of endangering public safety by ignoring bomb warnings . |
| 18 | Michael ( County Champion in 1984 ) was also a member of this team along with Simon Barrington , Chris Maxted and Dale Thomas ( Reserve : Guy Phillips ) , which went on to win the B.B. & O. County Championship in October 1986 and who will compete in the All England Club Championship in 1987 . |
| 19 | But what really excited her about the visit was the museum 's corresponding red leather book containing all the same names , which enabled both to double-check the information . |
| 20 | The stumbling block for Tretorn , the company which chose not to re-sign the legally amended Ball Pool Sponsorship Agreement , is clause 6.3 , which states that the LTA ‘ … shall be obliged to accept the best bid for each tournament in Category A ( ie ( ATP and WTA Tour Events , National Championships — junior and senior , LTA Volkswagen Tournaments , International Matches and in 1993 , National Club League ) , subject to … verification of the type and quality of the tennis balls … to be supplied ’ |
| 21 | Women had relationships with relatives which were close in terms of the frequency of contact , but which did not form the basis of a confiding relationship ; similarly , they had relationships in which there was quite a high degree of practical inter-dependence which did not function as very close in the confiding sense . |
| 22 | The court held that trespass to air space was not committed where the flight took place at a height which did not affect the use of the land . |
| 23 | In the latter case a trespass is committed even if the structure ( a crane ) was at a height which did not affect the plaintiff 's use of the land ( Anchor Brewhouse Developments Ltd v Berkley House ( Docklands Developments ) Ltd ( 1987 ) 38 BLR 82 ) . |
| 24 | The Magnet Stores are on the right with the giant magnet which did not pull the pennies from my pocket . |
| 25 | In the face of their insistence and that of Arab League negotiators , he warned them not to settle for any deal which did not involve the withdrawal of 30,000 to 40,000 Syrian troops based in west Beirut and the hinterland . |
| 26 | Unlike Strachey , he discovered a way of doing this which did not involve the subordination of British socialism to the ideological hegemony of either of the emerging superpowers . |
| 27 | It was expected that input data would be transcribed to the magnetic wire by a process which did not involve the computer , and similarly for output . |
| 28 | A statement of source and application of funds with comparatives is required in financial statements intended to give a true and fair view of the financial position and profit or loss , except for enterprises with a turnover or gross income of less than £25,000 The statement should show the profit or loss for the period , together with the adjustments required for items which did not involve the movement of funds . |
| 29 | The statement should show the profit or loss for the period , together with the adjustments required for items which did not involve the movement of funds . |
| 30 | Soviet spokesmen accepted that Afghanistan need not be neutral in relation to third countries engaged in a war which did not involve the Soviet Union as a party . |