Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was now studying the crayoned pictures of the nativity by local children which were taped up on the pillars . |
| 2 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
| 3 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 4 | At first potential jurors were classified by ethnic group and caste , but after the 1840s they were assigned to one of three lists which were drawn up on the basis of language capability . |
| 5 | The 1930s witnessed the emerging confrontation with Fascism in Europe , a struggle which was played out on the battlefields of Spain from 1936 to 1939 . |
| 6 | Then we fitted each tyre back on to the wheel which was clamped down on the tyring platform . |
| 7 | A hand on the telephone receiver , she paused in the act of reading Florian and Nicky 's number which was jotted down on the pad beside it , and threw Luke a challenging glance . |