Example sentences of "which she [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Before Cowley could add anything further , Roz Hatch appeared on the back lawn , carrying a tray of coffee , which she placed on the wide garden table .
2 Fascinated , Dr Neil , who had opened the bag and was beginning to pull out strange-looking forceps and a bottle of chloroform , watched her lift up her black skirt to reveal a spotless white petticoat , from which she cut a large square which she placed on the grimy table , having first cleared to one side the used cups and plates covered in half-eaten food .
3 Above the sink was a large cupboard which she opened despite the disapproving suck of John 's tongue .
4 She wrapped them in a piece of pale yellow silk which she tied up with a purple ribbon , and enclosed them in a square biscuit tin which she pushed to the very back of the buffet , behind the piles of tablecloths and napkins .
5 Then she produced a large green glass vase , which she attached to the closed orifice of the net .
6 People I had n't yet identified beckoned her eagerly to join them , which she did with the ravishing smile she had loosed once or twice in my direction .
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