Example sentences of "which [vb past] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Magdalen Bridge , Dennis went ashore for more champagne , which passed from hand to hand as we negotiated the lower reaches of the river . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The firm had developed novel parallel processing software which worked like a ‘ worm ’ , spawning segments which moved from processor to processor . |
| 4 | THE sudden popularity of the Portuguese escudo , which rose from obscurity to a position of strength inside the European exchange rate mechanism after it joined a week ago , could lead to the removal of restrictions on foreign investment earlier than planned . |
| 5 | What the Bank got in return for its public lending services were paper assets which ranged from Exchequer and Navy bills to longer-term consolidated stocks . |
| 6 | From 1907 Richardson devoted herself to a journalistic career , publishing periodical articles on topics which ranged from literature and politics to dentistry , as well as reviews , sketches , short stories , and poems . |
| 7 | Six thousand visitors made their way to the Business Design Centre in Islington , London to see the exhibits , which ranged from tableware to floorcoverings , fashion to fabrics . |
| 8 | During one of his many civil disobedience campaigns , which ranged from non-payment of taxes to blocking border posts into the US , he led a hunger strike in protest at alleged vote rigging in the presidential race . |
| 9 | In fact , the behaviour of the janissaries bred a smouldering resentment which erupted from time to time into acts of armed resistance . |
| 10 | Right knowledge was a necessary safeguard against the immorality and perversion which stemmed from ignorance . |
| 11 | This is another problem which surfaced from engineering attempts , but also makes itself evident in authorial blunders — the civil defence poster caption ‘ When a hand-grenade lands near by , do n't lose your head . |
| 12 | In the minds of men the Created God could , in the course of time , become personified as the immortal keeper of the good which ensures the continuing development of life in accordance with the desired pattern , but that personification should never be allowed to cloud the origins of the Created God , which came from life . |
| 13 | He says the garage is losing about nine thousand pounds a week in takings , most of which came from lorry drivers who are now using other routes . |
| 14 | Sparke enjoyed considerable financial success ( his will indicates that he bought a gentleman 's estate and his first wife was connected to the Warwickshire gentry ) and political influence , which came from publishing works no other printer would touch . |
| 15 | A combination of poverty , street recreation and entrepreneurship , the delights of beverages such as ‘ red biddy ’ , collective solidarity , and individual dispute entailed a spasmodic relationship which veered from passivity and deference , on the one hand , to violent assault , on the other . |
| 16 | In Libya the peace which flowed from state justice , impersonal , universal , was not enough for the Zuwaya : they added to it peaces of their own manufacture , tailored to the social personalities involved in particular breaches of the peace , guaranteed by specific and contingent undertakings made between Muslims . |
| 17 | The Army was also promised that a large proportion of the financial savings , which flowed from ending of National Service , would be ploughed back into major re-equipment and barrack rebuilding programmes to make regular service more attractive . |
| 18 | It is perhaps worth making the point ( for readers who are just beginning their enquiries into the history of this period ) that a lord did not usually own all the land on his manor but had certain defined rights , which differed from place to place and even between neighbouring settlements . |
| 19 | It was an idea which sprang from pressure groups and voluntary groups as well as Social Services departments , not to mention the House of Commons All Party Select Committee in 1984 . |
| 20 | Most of this growth came in Catalytic Systems Division , where autocatalyst sales increased rapidly in Europe to meet the new emission standards for all new cars sold in the European Community , and in Materials Technology Division which benefited from cost rationalisation and a strong performance from the electronic materials business . |
| 21 | A BEER-DRINKING budgie which escaped from owner Bob Ryan 's home was found on the roof of his local in Hartlepool , Cleveland . |
| 22 | Its origin is in coal , the marine transport of that coal and the industrial structure of engineering and shipbuilding which developed from coal and its transport . |
| 23 | She was somebody who had mild short-term memory loss , which varied from day to day but she could remember anything about the past . |
| 24 | But all the low-tech equipment works very well together and even after three solid hours at the wheel on a variety of road conditions which varied from motorway to unclassified minor roads , there were no tell-tale aches or pains . |
| 25 | One response to this and the funding crisis in the early 1980s was to introduce charges for the home help service , up to a weekly maximum , which varied from authority to authority , but was in the region of £2 . |
| 26 | Immediately on the right of the entrance , be sure to look through the small opening to catch a glimpse of part of the Romanesque façade which disappeared from view following work on the construction of Trivulzio 's mausoleum/chapel in the early sixteenth-century . |
| 27 | The lights in the ceiling came on without fuss and illuminated the ancient brick walls and the weathered old grey beams which crossed from side to side , holding up the planks of the floor above : holding up the planks , except where the hole was . |
| 28 | In Scotland the increase in vehicle kilometres has followed a pattern very similar to that which resulted from deregulation in England . |
| 29 | Her second book , Life by the Sea Shore ( 1901 ) , which resulted from work at the Marine Biological Station , Millport , remained a classic for many years . |
| 30 | Great attention was paid to the pollution which resulted from contact with them during these periods , with vital purification rituals being prescribed to avert the danger to both individuals and community ( in particular , the male religious community , see below ) and restrictions imposed on their movement , particularly with regard access to the cult , during their times of uncleanness . |