Example sentences of "which often [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get round the maggot queues , which often formed at Billy Clarke 's and John Arthur Broadhead 's on Button Lane , Ernest Jowitt 's on Fitzwilliam Street and Maurice Jackson 's on Asline Road , I used to take my empty Ostermilk tin to the Hide and Skin Company in Sheffield 's Pond Hill . |
| 2 | Some in Europe who had maintained the Yellow Sword declared it was an extremely difficult fish , only giving birth to about 20 very week fry — which often died in the first few weeks . |
| 3 | They ignored the prior consultations , the use of friendship between secretariat officials and local chairmen which ensured that the business of government was carried on in ways which often responded to local needs . |
| 4 | This was later changed to requisitioning fixed amounts of grain , which often went beyond taking surpluses . |
| 5 | It was a feeling which often came over him in shops , a paralysis of the decision-making faculty . |
| 6 | Thus both Castile and Genoa became suppliers of galleys which often fought on the French side , notably in 1416 when the Genoese provided part of the fleet which suffered defeat at the hands of the English at the battle of the Seine , off Harfleur . |
| 7 | First there were alternative models of historical geomorphology evolved in areas where remnants of Tertiary planation surfaces were dominant in the landscape and these are considered in this section ; and secondly there were developments in areas where Quaternary deposits and landscapes promoted a very different approach and one which often centred upon sea levels and glacial landforms and their interpretation , as reviewed below ( pp. 74 and 76 ) . |
| 8 | It contrasts markedly with similar past projects which often suffered from appalling industrial relations and were sometimes years late . |
| 9 | She spent seven years working for Harper 's Bazaar as a fashion illustrator , also producing book illustrations , and did not really begin to concentrate on painting until during the war , whilst living near Regent 's Park which inspired the spiky pastoralism which often served as a poignant background to her paintings of children . |
| 10 | The fighting , which often spilled into Thai territory , increased tension between the military authorities in Myanma and Thailand . |
| 11 | In these circumstances which often arose on such operations , our Chief Engineer was wont to complain bitterly that his injectors or blowers , or what have you , would soon be fouled up . |
| 12 | Henceforth each successive royal election provoked party conflicts and personal intrigues which often led to civil war , as well as pressure and even forcible intervention from abroad on behalf of competing candidates . |
| 13 | Yet , their combination of idealism with an emphasis on realism and ornamentation was a typical feature of their own , which often led to a clear mannerism . |
| 14 | This was complicated by the desire of some hospitals and community services to apply for self-governing status and achieve total independence from health authority control , which often led to local conflicts . |
| 15 | There was infestation of rats and mice , with lice , bed- and wood-bugs , cockroaches and beetles , to back up the rivers of excreta which often flowed from common lavatories situated on tenements , between floors . |
| 16 | A strange band , they rode a jazzy musical offshoot which often bordered on directionless experimentalism . |
| 17 | The plans of the groups enable them to be identified with those shown on large-scale Ordnance Survey maps , except for those sites subsequently ploughed out , which often survived as ring-ditches . |
| 18 | All through the pages of Ramakrishna 's biography appears his gentle humour which often acted as a prelude to his flights of ecstasy . |
| 19 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 20 | The ‘ ghost voice ’ , which often broke into German radio news broadcasts , replaced by trumpet blasts , drowning the announcer 's words . |
| 21 | A fish and chip shop owner called me in to deal with the lower half of a long-skirted ancestor which often glided through her kitchen . |
| 22 | In a desperately tense tittle battle with John Kocinski , which often overflowed with off-track vitriol , Cardus finally lacked the killer instinct when he needed it most . |
| 23 | In any case it seemed at this point that the war might be lost , and only a month after finishing the poem he was expressing to Martin Browne grave misgivings about the worth and value of his poetic activities , which often appeared to be futile . |
| 24 | Accusations that out-workers embezzled materials have to be considered in several contexts : perquisites and wages in kind , the circulation of raw materials to unsupervised manufacturing households and the long delays which often occurred between completing work and receiving payment . |