Example sentences of "of [Wh det] [vb mod] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cellars are full of junk , most of which might have been useful once but all of which is now covered in water or mud or fungus . |
| 2 | The villa at Box , Wilts. , had pavements of white limestone ( used for much of the background work ) , blue-black lias , a dark-grey/ chocolate-coloured pennant stone , red from broken tiles and yellow oolite ; all of which would have been procurable within about five miles of the site . |
| 3 | All of which would have been bad enough without Charlotte 's final revelation . |
| 4 | It was significant that the Official Secrets Act — the use of which would have been fatal to the publication — was not resorted to by the government . |
| 5 | They may be composed of impact ejecta , some of which may have been molten . |
| 6 | RAF teams from Abingdon had the unenviable task of moving the RAF Museum 's XL318 by road to Hendon , the real cost of which must have been mind-boggling . |
| 7 | Herbs are cast into the fire by the Lady of the Flowers in lieu of what may have been gory sacrifices by our sun-worshipping ancestors . |
| 8 | Brady was yesterday reluctant to say too much on the subject of his meeting with some board members , but it was obvious that the details of what ought to have been private business becoming public knowledge had disturbed the manager . |
| 9 | Derek seems to remember that it was shortly after this change that a couple of what could have been nasty instances occurred . |