Example sentences of "which have been [verb] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bloodied torso of what had been Balor lay twitching on the ground , moving clumsily , trying to pull itself along the ground , like a monstrous beetle which has been turned on its shelly back and can not right itself . |
| 2 | Brannen , should he win with fewer 7,850 points , would have the chance to chase the Olympic standard in Germany in a fortnight 's time a week before the selection deadline , which has been extended from its original date , June 7 . |
| 3 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 4 | In Dunlop Laigh Kirkyard there is a headstone which has been removed from its original position and now stands in a comer , leaning against the south wall of the kirk , partly hidden by a bush . |
| 5 | A party who makes such an offer shall file a copy in a sealed envelope , but the offer shall not be brought to the attention of the court at the hearing until the question of costs falls to be decided and the court shall , in exercising its discretion as to costs , take into account any offer which has been brought to its attention : Provided that , except in a case to which paragraph ( 3 ) of the rule applies , the court shall not take such an offer into account if , at the time it is made , the party making it could have protected his position as to costs by means of a payment into court . |
| 6 | So the Collector had arranged that the giant Sikh , Hookum Singh , should be at his side in the most central part of the Residency ready to wield the Church bell which had been toppled from its tower earlier in the siege and which only he was strong enough to lift . |
| 7 | This was a major departure for NATO , which had been based since its foundation in 1949 on the principles of taking joint action in defence of member states only and of restricting operations to a clearly designated area covering the member states ' territories . |
| 8 | Franklin Hayman 's thin , wiry body was overshadowed by the large desk , even though he was seated on a swivel chair which had been adjusted to its maximum height . |
| 9 | Captain James Cook [ q.v. ] , on completing his second global circumnavigation , highly praised Jackson 's beer concentrate , which had been used for its antiscorbutic qualities . |
| 10 | Moving-iron and reed types were produced in dozens of variants , in addition to the odd-ball kinds like the compressed-air type , but the breakthrough came with the moving coil , which had been modernised from its Siemens 1874 patent and Lodge 's 1898 one by Rice and Kellogg in 1924 . |
| 11 | As the changes in direction of WEU policy continued to develop , concerns were expressed over the future of various joint arms development projects which had been agreed within its general parameters . |
| 12 | More notably , however , at the Chichester Theatre in 1983 he rescued the reputation of A Patriot for Me , John Osborne 's tragi-comedy of homosexuality which had been banned after its first performance in 1965 . |
| 13 | On Oct. 3 the German Democratic Republic ( GDR or East Germany ) ceased to exist when the five Länder ( states ) which had been re-established on its territory in July 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] became part of the Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG , hitherto referred to as West Germany ) . |
| 14 | The cottage had one sizeable room above two others , one of which had been reclaimed from its original function as byre for the cow and converted into a scullery , with a copper and sink which drained straight into the field . |
| 15 | The study of meteorites , the Moon and planets provides vital evidence of the earliest phases of Earth history which have been obscured by its own dynamic evolution . |