Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst the younger generation the arrival of the book in the wake of Penguin 's successful defence met with an enthusiasm which rarely survived a thumbing of its pages . |
| 2 | A fire which badly damaged a house at Leam Lane , Felling , near Gateshead , was started by a six-year-old girl playing with a lighter , police said last night . |
| 3 | The group , which successfully blocked a plan to extend a golf club over Tunstall Hills , is now aiming to get the local landmark protected . |
| 4 | With the development of closed and visored helms , which effectively hid a man 's face , elaborate crests in the shapes of animals , birds , fantastical creatures and other adornments were employed on helmets to signal identity , and these too became associated with particular families . |
| 5 | He had had a charter drawn up , which presumably contained a boundary clause , but this seems to have been less significant than the authority of the witnesses . |
| 6 | There were 1,019 murders in the first seven months of 1989 , 1 per cent below the same period last year , which eventually reached a record 1,896 . |
| 7 | Eric was going to do a trip around the world when he left Mayall , which eventually became a trip to Greece . |
| 8 | In fact , the supposed readiness of Russians to ‘ accept ’ baptized or otherwise assimilated natives as Russians is in itself a manifestation of the national arrogance of the Russians , which eventually engendered a sense of inferiority among many of the indigenous peoples . |
| 9 | Here , I 'd like to say that I , I do very much welcome the abandonment of the two wayside routes it gives me particular satisfaction because you recall earlier in the year there was some irresponsible press comments on the subject which greatly upset a lot of people |
| 10 | But even the papal chancery , which alone had a system for preserving important letters , had no regular means of communicating decisions to those who were most affected by them . |
| 11 | Although by 1989 the height of the economic crisis had passed , the structural effects of the war and the US embargo left Nicaragua with severe internal shortages , drastically reduced production levels and exports which only covered a quarter of the import bill . |
| 12 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 13 | The myth was probably sparked off by the existence of a St. Thomas ' Lane and Well in the town ( locations now unknown ) , the St. Thomas ' chapel in All Saints ' church , and the Hospital of St. Thomas and St. John ( now Lord Burghley 's Almshouses ) , which apparently had a chapel over the bridge . |
| 14 | Erm there are methods of doing this nine in total er ranging from er checking the accounts of the landlords who ran sort of pr who collected public money erm to imposing fines er I do n't know all this , contribution , minor protests , major protests which apparently involved a crowd of fifteen thousand er rallying to demonstrate against the local tyrant the gentry erm and then they 'd often crown the landlord villages |
| 15 | Is our society sick when an apparently minor happening which merely merited a caution can destroy a man 's career , indeed his life , for many years to come ? |
| 16 | Richard Gould had published a book Yiwara , foragers of the Australian desert which unwisely included a photograph of sacred objects , knowledge of which is restricted to initiated men . |
| 17 | Thames Tunnel Mills is , in fact , two buildings , which together formed a warehouse and flour mill . |
| 18 | Unless it was n't the money , but the envelope , which obviously contained a letter . |
| 19 | The government continued to explore other possibilities during 1987 , engaging in talks with Paccar of the US , which owns the British lorry maker Foden , and DAF of the Netherlands , which already had a distribution deal with Leyland . |
| 20 | Mastercard has , however , recently introduced a surcharge ( to bring its charges in line with Visa which already included a surcharge , it says ) , sometimes of up to 2.75% . |
| 21 | The Independent Companies were therefore forced into a more passive role which nevertheless made a contribution to the main forces ' campaigns . |
| 22 | Fire broke out in an old , litter-strewn stand which soon became a death trap in which fifty-six people perished . |
| 23 | The Targa Florio started in 1906 but in 1923 the French introduced the Le Mans 24-Hour race which soon gained a reputation for being the world 's premier long-distance event . |
| 24 | The STA headquarters were in Glasgow ( which thus acquired a degree of leadership in the union ) , but the union journal the Scottish Typographical Circular was written and produced by the Edinburgh branch until the 1900s . |
| 25 | One of the typewriters was shrouded and a single clerk was collating papers with none of the urgency which normally powered a minister 's private office . |
| 26 | Najibullah , meanwhile , was leader of the Parcham faction which broadly supported a policy of " national reconciliation " with the mujaheddin guerrillas . |
| 27 | This latter was a secular convent which always had a lady of the Habsburg family as abbess . |
| 28 | Francophone Africa , which once attracted a glimmer of interest , continues to be dominated by the French and nothing seems likely to stimulate the British to explore it further . |
| 29 | A RISE in production from interests in UK oilfields contributed the bulk of improved earnings by Premier Consolidated Oilfields , which yesterday reported a rise of 27 per cent to £15.1 million in profit after payment of tax for 1992 . |
| 30 | This required a protective ornamental fender , usually of brass or copper , which usually matched a set of fire-irons ( small and long-handled shovel , poker , and long-handled tongs and brush ) . |