Example sentences of "which [vb past] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( which overlapped into Stoke Goldington and Weston Underwood ) , were freeholders , a numerous class in this district , the remainder lessees for term of years or at will . |
| 2 | Named after the famous battleships and secured by a £12 patent , the twenty Dreadnoughts which operated on Blackpool Promenade from the turn of the Century until 1934 , were certainly unique . |
| 3 | The association , which operated from Darlington Arts Centre in Vane Terrace , has debts of almost £30,000 . |
| 4 | As already indicated , the Conservative party was the dominant member of all three National governments which operated from August 1931 until the Second World War . |
| 5 | The FIMBRA member , Marlingham Financial Services which operated from Mowbray House , The Broadway , Devizes , arranged life assurance and pensions and sold home income plans . |
| 6 | The importance of east Asia in the general consular picture is especially marked in the case of Britain : by the end of the nineteenth century , when there were rather less than 200 salaried members of the British general consular service spread across the world , the more specialised and highly trained one which operated in China alone numbered seventy-five ( including student interpreters and assistants ) . |
| 7 | In addition the investigator examines critically the role of the devolved government which operated in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972 . |
| 8 | The decision puts the EC ahead of other signatories of the Montreal Protocol , which agreed in November to phase out these chemicals by January 1996 . |
| 9 | Hobbes had formed a close friendship with Gassendi during his meetings with him in Paris , in the circle of scientists and philosophers which centred round Mersenne . |
| 10 | During the Protectorate he was associated with the circle of natural philosophers and mathematicians at Oxford which centred around Seth Ward [ q.v . ] , |
| 11 | The head of MI5 , and formerly a member of the ‘ domestic subversion ’ department , which snooped on Patricia Hewitt and Harriet Harman ( who went on to become Kinnock 's press secretary at the last election , and Labour 's health spokeswoman , respectively ) . |
| 12 | Charlton 's cross to the near post was met by a glancing header from Phil Starbuck which looped beyond Beresford into the net . |
| 13 | Such a lifespan is not uncommon for a captive tortoise , the oldest one recorded being a male , which lived on Mauritius for 152 years . |
| 14 | Our family , which lived in Renishaw Road in Nottingham , was always well off , if never rich . |
| 15 | Topaz was soon to learn that the colourful and derogatory remarks which passed between Angela and Oswin meant nothing , but at first she had been startled . |
| 16 | But overworked officers at Dover had managed to inspect only 2,000 of the 2 million lorries which passed through Dover last year . |
| 17 | ‘ Homme qui tombe ’ a rare bronze by Giacometti from the collection of Richard and Dorothy Rodgers , which passed through London dealer Thomas Gibson 's hands in 1987 at $750,000 , sold far above estimate for $1.35 million ( £900,000 ) . |
| 18 | Holmes à Court was obliged by the law against foreign control of ITV to sell his shares , which passed to Sears , a conglomerate including footwear and the William Hill betting shops . |
| 19 | Inez had no right to either the journal or the box of letters which passed into Matthew Glynn 's possession and were shown to you . |
| 20 | He stopped by the pedestrian crossing which led over Rosebery Avenue to the square , red-brick building of the Air Gallery . |
| 21 | Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi . |
| 22 | He stopped the car outside a small cottage in Manor Crescent , which led off Queens Road . |
| 23 | But more often they took the little leafy lane which led from Thrush Green to Upper Pleshy , Nod and Nidden , the lane that threaded half a dozen or more sleepy thatched villages , like hoary old beads upon its winding string , before it emerged upon the broad highway which led to Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 24 | The free-kick from Cruz that beat Italy was one , and the run and cross from Jorginho which led to Careca heading the winner in Rotterdam another , but in these games Brazil have impressed as a team without making you want to leap out of your seat as Pele once did . |
| 25 | The rocket launch system , developed via Véronique and Diamant , which led to Ariane , was initially conceived for the French military . |
| 26 | Manuel also took the free kick which led to Brentford 's second in the 18th minute , Gayle sending in a cracker from 18 yards . |
| 27 | He charged Sewell with the maintenance of discipline in the College ( which led to Sewell recommending the expulsion of only one pupil , although some students paid too much attention to tavern and skittle-ground ) . |
| 28 | And what function do we accord , then , to Hitler 's public persona in explaining the process which led to Auschwitz ? |
| 29 | Wise was also centre stage in the incident which led to Chelsea 's 40th-minute winner . |
| 30 | An early mistake by Liam Dunne which led to Jim McInally chipping the 14th minute opener past Rhodes set the pattern for the game . |