Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came from Ethiopia , and his skin was the colour of glistening wet coal except for the palms of his hands , which were sandy pale , and the whites of his eyes , which twinkled like sunshine on fresh clean snow . |
| 2 | Thin drizzle dampened the pavement , which gleamed in reflection of the oil-lamps within . |
| 3 | But workers rejected that offer and the matter was referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering , Electrical Union , which ruled in favour of the action . |
| 4 | THIS year sees the 50th anniversary of the launch of HMS Khedive , an assault fighter aircraft carrier which operated with distinction in the South of France landings and in the Aegean Sea , and later against the Japanese . |
| 5 | Marx 's major claim for his own work was that he had discovered certain inexorable laws which operated in history and which were comparable in their workings to laws operating in the physical universe such as the law of gravity . |
| 6 | On the other hand , businesses in the Midlands and North which qualified for UBR reductions were now to receive them more quickly . |
| 7 | ‘ Darlington Business Venture helped me put a package together and draw up a business plan which qualified for Enterprise Allowance . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Essex trained at Dartington College of Arts , a progressive place of the 60s which centred on music , art and drama and which , he says , proved to be the making of him in many ways . |
| 9 | In our discussion of theories of crime , in Chapter Two , we examined various theoretical approaches which centred on class differences in crime and , in particular , juvenile delinquency . |
| 10 | ‘ The wee pug ’ , which translated into language sassenachs understand , means little saddle or tank engines who worked their lives in the washeries , sorting yards and transfer to main line . |
| 11 | The roads are terrifyingly steep and on the map look like coils of intestines , which translated into reality become dizzying sets of hairpin bends , too narrow for two vehicles to pass in comfort at any speed . |
| 12 | Raynor made a warning movement , but the creature was before him , and in the uncertain light they could see the gleam of moonlight on bare sinewy thighs , which quivered with strength and intent to spring … |
| 13 | This time the leadership of the OUP joined Paisley in lending political weight to the demonstration , which passed without incident . |
| 14 | Having said their goodbyes , the pair rode along the semicircular drive which passed in front of the Manor . |
| 15 | We could n't often see them from the main road which passed in front of the building because they were forbidden to look out of the windows . |
| 16 | Barbara took another glass of champagne from the tray which passed in front of them . |
| 17 | Perhaps only expert eyes could have spotted the correlation between this spirited image and the refined clothing which passed in front . |
| 18 | At Magdalen Bridge , Dennis went ashore for more champagne , which passed from hand to hand as we negotiated the lower reaches of the river . |
| 19 | For example , he broke the German Railway Enigma in February 1941 , which revealed in detail German preparations to attack Greece and the USSR . |
| 20 | Success rates were generally low for questions which asked for knowledge of the decimal equivalent of common fractions : The answer 1.2 is suggestive of the view that a fraction a/b is equivalent to the decimal a.b . |
| 21 | There was a temple here from the seventh century , but it was dedicated to Zeus 's consort Hera , though in the early sixth-century reconstruction which endured throughout antiquity his primitive image , helmeted , stood beside hers enthroned ( above , p. 22 ) . |
| 22 | IBM Corp 's fall from grace , which led to Standard & Poor 's Corp downgrading its senior ratings to double-A-minus from triple-A , has not affected the triple-A asset-backed certificate ratings of IBM 1990 , 1991 and 1992 Tax-Exempt Grantor Trusts , the rating agency said after reviewing the situation . |
| 23 | MISGUIDED EDITOR , BADLY MISLED BY MISINFORMED JOURNALIST , DID NOT REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING BAIE SEMINAR AT DUNDAS AND WILSON ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , AND LOSES JOB IN CONSEQUENCE OF IGNORANCE WHICH LED TO LITIGATION AGAINST HIS EMPLOYERS , THE JOURNALIST & HIMSELF … |
| 24 | Decisive battles , the death of kings in battle or the life imprisonment of great men were rare events ; and against the very exceptional , decisive outcome of the battles of 1066 and 1106 we must set the endless , indecisive campaigns of William I and Henry I on the borders of their French domains ; the indecisive warfare of Stephen 's reign which led to anarchy in England . |
| 25 | Other areas covered , plus Who 's Who , records , and report on the tangle over Raman Lambda 's registration , which led to court action . |
| 26 | Those tears , which led to dismissal , could have been seen as a source of energy and redirected by an understanding supervisor to a powerful commitment to doing the work well . |
| 27 | In this new arena , it has to be businesslike — late startups for some government contracts have meant cost cutting at the end this financial year , which led to newspaper reports of a ‘ crisis ’ at WSL . |
| 28 | This requires us to reverse the steps which led to eqn ( 7.9 ) . |
| 29 | In general , this was nut normally part of a shopping-around process which led to selection of a particularly advantageous form of credit . |
| 30 | Now you get the health problems caused by over tight corseting , which led to constriction of lungs , of ribs , in some cases , punctured lungs , a lot of cases of T B in the eighteen forties were in fact where the corset had compressed the ribs so tightly , that they 'd actually punctured the lung . |