Example sentences of "which [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
| 2 | Dej and his colleagues did not want to remain the poor peasant cousins of the other Communist states which were going off along the high road to communism . |
| 3 | It did not so much contest with the establishment as succeed in areas like the mining districts of Cornwall , Kingswood and around Newcastle , where there was no contest in the sprawling villages which were growing out of the reach of a moribund parish structure . |
| 4 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 5 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 6 | Edward was kitted up and ready to go , and Benson went with him to the car , which was ticking over outside the control tower . |
| 7 | It all became a kind of tribute to the Falklands which was going on at the time of writing . |
| 8 | Was n't that implicit in whatever it was which was going on between the two of them ? |
| 9 | They took the corner in a skidding turn , and rocketed into the dark mouth of the alley only a few yards ahead of the second police car , which was racing up from the opposite direction . |