Example sentences of "which [was/were] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to see something of those countries which were so much part of what Europe has been and will become , and which were yet so unknown . |
| 2 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 3 | He was insured with four different companies , he said , which was probably another reason Quiggers was hanging round . |
| 4 | During the War , we were kept , my mother and I , in a Japanese prison camp , which was n't much fun at the time , but won me an awestruck admiration from the other boys when I first went to school . |
| 5 | As well as the hedge trimmings , November 5 was used as an occasion for clearing up the farm and burning whatever was left lying about which was n't any good . |
| 6 | Which was why that scum kid 's tattooed face had angered Yeremi , as a mockery . |
| 7 | Out of Surbiton , with an accent that veered between Sydney — which was where many people located him — and outer London , his initial work on the magazine had been selling it on the streets . |
| 8 | Schellenberg held up a piece of paper which was actually some stationery from the hotel he 'd stayed at in Vienna the previous week . |
| 9 | had er B building lace machines had er had it , in the term , and they started to diversify into a variation of the hosiery , which was quite another speciality . |
| 10 | She remembered a little of the acrimony , of the mounting bitterness within the house , of their winter of discontent , which was so much part of and not part of the winter outside , and the miners ' strike . |
| 11 | But at the same time , she was nettled that her daughter had n't told her she was going out , and the sexual jealousy , which was so much part of their relationship , was irritated by the news . |
| 12 | Which was how most people treated the shop . |