Example sentences of "which had [been] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote resolved a constitutional crisis which had been brewing for some months and which had centred around Slovak demands for far-reaching autonomy in most areas of policy . |
| 2 | The Tharos , which had been acting as a support vessel to the Piper Alpha platform was anchored close by . |
| 3 | I 'd have to buy an electric boiler to replace the gas one which had been leaking for a week now . |
| 4 | To support his family , which had been living in grinding poverty in a squalid tenement , he had to emigrate in 1903 to the USA . |
| 5 | The turn of the century marks the real change in Freud 's work , which had been developing from 1895 through his self-analysis . |
| 6 | The report focused on a United States pharmaceutical company , Velsicol Chemical Corporation , which had been exporting to the Third World large quantities of chlordane and heptachlor , " two of the most highly toxic persistent and bio-accumulative insecticides ever made " according to the report . |
| 7 | I stopped in mid-stride , so suddenly that an oystercatcher , which had been guddling among the reeds at the edge of the lochan , took off seawards with a screamed complaint . |
| 8 | The coordinator Rebecca Johnson says they failed to re-establish contact with the vessel , which had been protesting against the resumption of nuclear testing on the island . |
| 9 | His voice was quiet , not like her own , which had been rising with every syllable , but he was angry all the same , she could feel it , even down the miles of telephone cable that separated them . |
| 10 | In 1613 , for example , the king married his daughter Elizabeth to Frederick of the Palatinate , one of the leading figures of European Calvinism ; similarly , in 1618 four representatives of the English church attended the Synod of Dort , the conference called to resolve the bitter dispute which had been raging in the United Provinces over the doctrine of predestination . |
| 11 | But the odd tension which had been nagging at him seemed to be increasing . |
| 12 | The alliance is a blow to the ruling Parti Socialiste of President François Mitterrand , which had been hoping for an electoral alliance with the Green parties . |
| 13 | The large dining room which had been airing for the past week had passed its final inspection although Mrs Lundy had insisted that the maids cleaned the windows and French doors one more time . |
| 14 | Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom ! |
| 15 | It was as if he had released some dark and terrible secret which had been boiling within him . |
| 16 | An agricultural relief committee was established in 1983 by a handful of young agricultural engineers , some of whom had already been working with ‘ the voluntary work committees ’ , a network of skilled and unskilled workers which had been operating since the mid-1970s . |
| 17 | The nucleus of the new squadron was provided mainly by ‘ C ’ Flight of 261 Squadron , the unit 's ground component being provided by the latter unit and by 1430 Flight , an army co-operation unit which had been operating in Italian East Africa until the previous month , when the main campaign there had been satisfactorily completed . |
| 18 | The freeing of political parties in March 1990 led to the formation of numerous new parties and the emergence as official opposition of some of those which had been operating within the FNDR . |
| 19 | Raynor had fetched wine from a corner cupboard , and was heating it with a thin iron rod which had been resting in the fire 's embers . |
| 20 | Fabia was seated in the back of the Mercedes , with Ivo driving down into the valley , when the smile which had been sporting about her mouth suddenly froze . |
| 21 | This rapid development quelled the movement , which had been proceeding behind the scenes , to replace Attlee with a more obviously partisan anti-Churchillian such as Morrison . |
| 22 | Ruth drew a deep breath , summoned all her courage , and blurted out the question which had been churning in her mind day and night for some time . |
| 23 | The conference would be held in the USA under the auspices of the UN , which had been mediating in the Cyprus conflict since Turkey invaded and occupied 37 per cent of the island in 1974 [ see pp. 26661-66 ; 26709-10 ] . |
| 24 | For the first time local Labour parties were given some sense of common identity , which had been lacking on the political wing since the disaffiliation of the ILP . |
| 25 | Nevertheless the king had restored to government and policy-making an element of continuity and decision which had been lacking for many years . |
| 26 | ‘ Conference Report ’ carried an electric charge which had been lacking from ‘ The World at One ’ . |
| 27 | At this point in his writing a white pigeon which had been fluttering round the swimming-pool alighted on the table , took two steps forward and excreted on the ‘ Jottings ’ , no doubt in the interests of historical accuracy . |
| 28 | Repeated doses of bad news from the front generated mounting criticism of government incompetence ; ministerial confidence was visibly shaken ; and discontent which had been smouldering for years burst into flame . |
| 29 | It was in these unpromising circumstances that the great cholera controversy , which had been smouldering for some time , at last burst into flame . |
| 30 | A report in the Sept. 10 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review described the activities of the United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races ( Fulro ) , the Montagnard guerrilla army which had been fighting for autonomy in the Central Highlands since the 1960s . |