Example sentences of "which she [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spain had friends elsewhere : on 8 June 1947 the wife of the Argentinian dictator , Eva Perón , began an official visit to Spain , during which she was displayed as a symbol of Argentinian solidarity to crowds of Spaniards anxious for a glimpse of " Evita " . |
| 2 | And so here she was , one snail crawl through the blizzard to Kennedy , a five-hour delay and a flight in which she was wedged between a nun who prayed aloud every time they hit an air-pocket , and a child in need of worming , later . |
| 3 | Having opened with an 83 , Moodie yesterday returned a 78 in which she was cheered by the news from home that she had been awarded a golf scholarship at the University of Hawaii . |
| 4 | They look like extras from Mary Poppins , ’ she joked.A visit to the home of an old Nepali woman in Dharan town left her moved.As she came out of the tiny thatch-roofed hut with mud floors and no electricity , in which she was huddled with the old woman for several minutes , she said : ‘ I shall never complain again . ’ |
| 5 | Her previous recording with Sir Charles Groves featured Crusell 's Second Concerto , in which she was partnered by the English Chamber Orchestra , and it became evident from our conversation that she had been especially happy to work with Sir Charles once again , in this new recording of English music for clarinet and orchestra . |
| 6 | Although Joan mostly worked as a Spool Setter , she became an Axminster Winding Instructor for a period during which she was sent to a subsidiary company in Holland ( Bergos Stoddard ) for a number of weeks . |
| 7 | Then came the birthday tea , at which she was presented with a planted basket of flowers , a much-signed card from all her Medau friends , a bone china tea service , pink rosebuds , and a basket filled with fruit and some of her favourite delicacies . |
| 8 | Mrs Mandela , self-styled ‘ mother of the nation ’ , pointedly omitted to mention her position on the ANC 's National Executive Committee , the top policy-making body , to which she was appointed by a ballot among members . |
| 9 | She had also decided to invite Louise and Miriam , whom she wanted to impress with her domestic abilities , but only after a struggle in which she was torn between the pleasure of impressing them and the displeasure of having two more women and thereby disturbing what she considered to be a favourable balance of the sexes . |
| 10 | Christina Onassis suffered in spades and there is something of Greek tragedy about her increasingly desperate search for the human affection of which she was starved as a child . |
| 11 | She also became anorexic later — a state from which she was rescued by an early marriage at the age of sixteen . |
| 12 | With the girl 's clothes we should be able to trace her back at least to the point at which she was dropped during the night — or I hope so , after all that rain . |