Example sentences of "which [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was now studying the crayoned pictures of the nativity by local children which were taped up on the pillars . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She walked slowly up the street on the shaded side , stepping carefully round the stalls set up on the pavement and the goods displayed by some vendors which were spread out on cloths on the pavement itself . |
| 4 | The trend was illustrated by the new cemeteries , which were springing up on the cities ' fringes . |
| 5 | At first potential jurors were classified by ethnic group and caste , but after the 1840s they were assigned to one of three lists which were drawn up on the basis of language capability . |
| 6 | She used to make things that are now quite commonplace but which at the time seemed really exotic — fabulous cakes like kugelhopf and filled croissants which were wheeled in on a trolley for tea . |
| 7 | This meant he had to go back to the county party and ask to be put back on their panel of candidates , a request which was turned down on Saturday . |
| 8 | The 1930s witnessed the emerging confrontation with Fascism in Europe , a struggle which was played out on the battlefields of Spain from 1936 to 1939 . |
| 9 | Then we fitted each tyre back on to the wheel which was clamped down on the tyring platform . |
| 10 | The new five-party government , which was sworn in on April 12 , comprised those three parties which campaigned jointly in the election as the Alliance for Germany ( the CDU , the DSU and Democratic Awakening — DA ) , the SPD and the League of Free Democrats ( BFD , as the Liberal Democratic Party had renamed itself after the election — see p. 37302 ) . |
| 11 | The Roman Catholic Church lent its influence to a campaign against anti-Semitism , which had increased noticeably during the presidential elections , with a pastoral letter which was read out on Jan. 20 , 1991 . |
| 12 | My problem is with blanketweed which was brought in on a lily plant . |
| 13 | Miloš ordered the murder of his rival , which was carried out on 25 July 1817 by Karadjordje 's host and kum ( godfather ) , Vujica Vuličević , who axed him to death whilst he slept . |
| 14 | A hand on the telephone receiver , she paused in the act of reading Florian and Nicky 's number which was jotted down on the pad beside it , and threw Luke a challenging glance . |
| 15 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 16 | All the photographs were contributed free by some of the world 's best mountain photographers , keen to support the aim of the book — raising cash to build the Thyangboche Monastery which was burnt down on January 19 , 1989 . |
| 17 | It was the prison , of course , which was to come out on top . |