Example sentences of "which i [vb past] to be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman was driving and she parked beside our land-cruiser , nodding to us briefly as she stepped out onto the road and flung a series of questions at the Indian , half in Spanish and half in a more guttural tongue , which I took to be Quechua . |
| 2 | A soft pattering followed which I took to be matches falling around the receiver . |
| 3 | I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available . |
| 4 | There were dots in some of the distant fields which I assumed to be sheep . |
| 5 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 6 | Thus was I punished for wanting to go to these places , which I knew to be prisons for God . |
| 7 | Beautifully displayed on it were two twists of marinated salmon , sprigs of red and green lettuce and watercress , slices of passion fruit , two slices of filet of hare , a sprig of broccoli , two crumbed and fried mushrooms in a pale-gold sauce which I guessed to be pan juices , reduced and bodied out with cream . |