Example sentences of "which was [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Naturally , the greater part of the volume of this room is within the roof space and a consequence of this is that a small pre-existing ventilation opening , which was sited high up below the eaves of the barn and is now glazed to form a window , has its sill at floor level . |
2 | The Mayor said : ‘ It was a domestic tiff which was blown up out of all proportion . |
3 | Evidence of just how viscous the lavas are , and how great the forces involved are , was provided by the great spine which was pushed up out of the vent of Mt Pelee , reaching over 300 metres in height . |
4 | Engines roaring , it swooped in to land , braking hard as its wheels touched the wide runway which was crossed halfway along by the single road connecting the British colony to the Spanish mainland . |
5 | It was the end of the first stage of a conflict which was to rumble on up to the Second World War . |
6 | The other models are the liquid-cooled Cray C94 , the eight-processor liquid-cooled Cray C98 , and an expansion of the 16-processor Cray C916 system , which was introduced way back in November 1991 and has up to now been marketed as the Cray Y-MP C90 . |
7 | The other models are the liquid-cooled Cray C94 , the eight-processor liquid-cooled Cray C98 , and an expansion of the 16-processor Cray C916 system , which was introduced way back in November 1991 and has up to now been marketed as the Cray Y-MP C90 . |
8 | Polly recognised Nathan 's insistence on her learning how to navigate as an attempt to keep the lid on a situation which was escalating rapidly out of control . |