Example sentences of "[noun sg] which had for " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attitude which had for generations seemed common-sense now appeared archaic , part of a vanishing world . |
| 2 | They came to the bank of the stream which had for some time been running unseen beside them . |
| 3 | Fortunately , the answer lay close at hand , in that sense of the redeeming power of personal example which had for so long been part of the mental furniture of the British middle classes . |
| 4 | It seems , however , always to have been associated by those who employed it with the idea that Britain 's historic policy towards its dependencies had been to lead them along the path towards self-government — a belief which had for its principal inspiration the history of Canada since the Durham report . |
| 5 | The return to normality after the Angelus hush made him feel that the all-seeing spirit which had for a while hovered doubtfully over his actions had now moved on . |
| 6 | Mounted on a white horse , he rode into the city which had for so long defied and denied him . |