Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] a [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was furnished in a style which was new to the tall boy . |
| 2 | Then I realized I was kneeling on a tarpaulin which someone had carefully placed over what could have been a small metal gate — or — the detached ‘ fun bumper ’ cow-catcher device from a small four-wheel-drive vehicle , say , a Shogun . |
| 3 | Half a mile along the road , however , I was diverted by a nature-trail which wound up the side of a hill and promised a fine view . |
| 4 | The command was given in a voice which did not rise above a whisper . |
| 5 | Irrespective of the circumstances of their composition , the Anglo-Norman fabliaux were transmitted , eventually , and preserved for posterity because the fabliau was recognized as a genre which had its place in the full range of new and recent vernacular literary production in England . |
| 6 | The cat was placed on a platform which went |
| 7 | In a typical seventeenth-century image , the world was likened to a watch whose face is presented to our five senses but whose real workings are governed by springs and wheels , hidden from sight behind the back . |
| 8 | Chemistry was regarded as a subject which was not fundamental ; the issues it examines are not fundamental to the universe in the way that the issues of physics are ; in this the views of the students can be seen to coincide with the views of Dr L , who said that ‘ all of chemistry is becoming explicable in terms of quantum theory ’ . |
| 9 | Local businesses responded generously to an appeal from School , and a generous grant was received from a fund which had been set up by leading industrialists to help Independent Schools to provide buildings and equipment for Scientific teaching and research . |
| 10 | The first fortnight was plagued by a stiffness which undermined any sense of confidence . |
| 11 | This was distinguished from a card which merely had written or printed material on it , intended to convey information to the human eye or mind , and not meant to be ancillary to some machine by being specially shaped for that purpose . |
| 12 | The high-performance team idea was explained through a programme which again relied on key personalities , regular meetings and frequent use of the language of the approach — such as ‘ flexible working ’ , ‘ product ownership ’ and ‘ front to back responsibility ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It was hidden behind a map which he held open right behind our heads . ’ |
| 14 | She was blamed for a crash which killed bride-to-be Teresa Power , 26 . |
| 15 | This problem was solved in a manner which would be considered quite unconventional in other parts of India . |
| 16 | A letter was considered regarding a tutor whose students were not registered and who were not up to examination standard . |
| 17 | The fourth side of the square was occupied by a gas-works whose gasometer looked down on its neighbours . |
| 18 | Orcadai 's house was perched on a ledge which overlooked a sheer drop from the city wall to the plain . |
| 19 | This was not to deny the importance of technical education for the prospective tradesman , but he would be ‘ unsafe ’ unless this was supplemented by a training which allowed him ‘ to adapt himself to new conditions ’ . |
| 20 | I remember that year : Elio Vittorini was living in a house which had been reduced to two walls . ) |
| 21 | Mrs Binks was very fat and a filthy dress hung shapelessly on her as she slumped , cigarette in mouth , over the kitchen table She was absorbed in a magazine which lay in a clearing among mounds of dirty dishes and her curlers nodded as she looked up briefly at us . |
| 22 | It seems the brick and tile building consisted of two storeys and a loft , and that the wheel was fed from a dam which is now dry . |
| 23 | The vapour was escaping from a valve which had been dismantled . |
| 24 | Ragusa was seen as a rival which had to be subdued and brought under Venetian control . |
| 25 | but he sort of pooh-poohed it and sort of said well you know , we 're getting a bit to old for all this modern sophistication of computers and so on , well I said well quite frankly I am not totally in agreement with you , because as you probably know Clyde was looking into a program which will could alleviate a lot |
| 26 | When I went to Highlander I was looking for a way which could help towards more effective participation and the development of better non-formal opportunities in adult education on social issues which affect communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 27 | Within a few thousand years , the debris left by the occupants — including some of their remains , their artefacts and the burnt flints — was incorporated in a deposit which was forced into the cave from the outside by water . |
| 28 | The Award was made for a breakthrough which is already improving the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of major diseases including cancer , AIDS , hepatitis , rubella , and fertility disorders . |
| 29 | This overall policy can be crucial : the following comment was made by a library whose training officer post on the library establishment was frozen , in response to being asked how they would like to develop their overall programme , if adequate resources were available : |
| 30 | As long ago as 1911 Edmund Holmes wrote of schools that were ‘ ridden by the examination incubus ’ , arguing that everyone was cheated by a system whose merit-order and pass-lists were nothing but ‘ outward signs ’ . |