Example sentences of "[noun] which [vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 2 | ‘ There are failsafes which should have stopped it from doing this ! ’ |
| 3 | The Doctor looked fascinated , explaining the nature of the injuries and the implements which could have caused them . |
| 4 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |
| 5 | This is necessary as a result of property writedown which would have left it in breach of its £350 million net worth banking covenant . |
| 6 | For a long time , Emerson simply failed to sign the contracts which would have kept him in front-rank racing . |
| 7 | In April , the company unexpectedly obtained new contracts which might have made it possible for it to keep him in work . |
| 8 | It had to be lifted off the track each night to prevent possible vandalism which could have seen it trundling down to Staveley on the falling grade ! |
| 9 | Athelstan read and knew why John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , was so indebted to Sir Thomas Springall , and why the merchant had possessed secrets which could have brought him even greater wealth . |
| 10 | ‘ If however , you land a blow which would have caused them serious injury and limited them in the fight , then you get a half point . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When you got to the edge of the universe , you were supposed to have turned round and retraced your route which would have brought you back here in the opposite direction to the arrow . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Because , ’ I replied , ‘ there was always a danger that Hopkins , who confided in so few people , may have said something to his sister which could have threatened her . |
| 13 | It was a strong probability that the Guardian still retained in their archives a numbered copy of the minutes which would have told us immediately to whom that copy had been issued and therefore the name of the informant . |
| 14 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 15 | He was flown out from Dublin airport to Manchester after waiving the rights he possessed under Irish law which would have allowed him to stage a marathon legal battle to stay in the Republic . |
| 16 | These I was given , but , as I soon discovered , directions which would have taken me there in an almost straight line . |
| 17 | So we began to ponder on the circumstances which might have made it necessary for such a tiny place to be defended . |
| 18 | Kapuscinski exercises a personal charm which must have helped him to establish friendly relations with the people he met , and to gather material , and which can seem to befriend the Western reader . |
| 19 | Biographers , notably A J Lubin , have suggested motives which may have prompted him to choose such a woman for a partner . |
| 20 | He steered a middle course between intimacy and aloofness which would have endeared him to the most demanding of guests . |
| 21 | Although he lacked the control over the southern kingdoms which might have put him on Bede 's famous list of kings holding imperium in the south , he remained a formidable ruler , with the resources to endow the church lavishly and to raise the navy which must have been necessary for his invasion of Ireland . |
| 22 | Three days before he died , in a master stroke of irony , the emperor confirmed his appointment as kapellmeister at St Stephen 's — a post which would have brought him a steady income of 2,000 gulden a year . |
| 23 | ALISON CUMINGS , a former British title-holder , faces disciplinary action from the Squash Rackets Association for withdrawing from this year 's national championships at Newcastle yesterday ‘ because of an unfavourable draw which might have meant me losing money on the week . ’ |
| 24 | ALISON CUMINGS , a former British title-holder , faces disciplinary action from the Squash Rackets Association for withdrawing from this year 's national championships at Newcastle yesterday ‘ because of an unfavourable draw which might have meant me losing money on the week . ’ |
| 25 | She had gone to the doctor after her opening 77 and hoped for some kind of medication which would have allowed her to carry on , but all the medical man would prescribe was a three-day rest . |
| 26 | A moment later she fell down them , unable to find the rope against the wall which might have saved her . |
| 27 | Mr Hull specialised in young contemporary British artists and had no training , experience or knowledge which would have enabled him to conclude from an examination of the pictures whether they were by Munter . |
| 28 | He was perhaps a little too intelligent for the daily grind of professional golf , without having that last cutting edge of brilliance which would have brought him an Open Championship . |
| 29 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
| 30 | And I was not in the position to show the sternness which would have nipped it all in the bud . |