Example sentences of "which had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then I read my log of a 1973 visit , which had utterly gone from memory , and dug out some poor slides taken then . |
| 2 | Socialism was a secular creed which had utterly failed , she said , citing the migration of East Germans and the dismantling of Communism in Poland and Hungary . |
| 3 | When she felt she could not naturally stand by the window any longer she went and inspected the gritty old review copies of books which had somehow collected over the years on the office shelves — Take Your Car to North Africa ! |
| 4 | When Sally-Anne , dolled up in ostrich feathers and pearls , had gravely made her elaborate curtsy to him at Court , he had put out his hand to lift her , and after she had replied , ‘ My thanks , Your Majesty , ’ he had twinkled at her , using the famous charm which had somehow made one ignore his years and his obesity , and said , |
| 5 | He was a darling , though , ’ she added , absently taking a sip of the brandy which had somehow appeared on the table beside her . |
| 6 | Wriggling closer , she slid her hands inside his shirt , which had somehow become unbuttoned , then shivered and held her breath as his warm palms roved beneath her sweater , and an almost physical pain exploded inside her as one thumb touched her nipple . |
| 7 | Women had been the principal agents of this effort , which had badly affected the profits of the alcohol industry . |
| 8 | In the longer term the problems arose from a combination of factors including the economic recession ( which had badly affected the revenues from corporate , property and sales taxes which provided the bulk of state incomes ) , the legal obligation of states to balance their budgets , the recent trend of the Reagan and Bush administrations to transfer financial obligations from central to local government , and a rapid escalation in the demands on welfare and prison programmes . |
| 9 | The year saw the enhanced Luton Depot begin to operate properly with its normal workload , but also supporting the Special Plant and Electrical Installation Departments which had also relocated from their previous Southall base . |
| 10 | Fortunately , that was in harmony with the thoughts of the ITF Rules Committee which had also met at Key Biscayne a few days earlier and had thrown out the idea of one serve instead of two … or changing the dimensions of the court , such as a smaller service box or a serving line a yard behind the baseline , but agreed to make further research into rackets , balls and court surfaces . |
| 11 | Macedonia and Bosnia-Hercegovina , which had also sought recognition , were not included . |
| 12 | We talked about the Dublin Review , where my Basic English article had been published , and referred to a characteristically splenetic article by Montgomery Belgion which had also appeared in that journal . |
| 13 | The concession resulted from negotiations initiated by the Georgian Interior Ministry which had also secured agreement by Ossete militants to surrender weapons stolen from the police . |
| 14 | She was the same medium height too , with the lithe slenderness which had also characterised Isabelle . |
| 15 | Some 40 countries or international banks were represented at the meeting , which was attended by an Israeli delegation and a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation led by Zein Mayassi , a " diaspora Palestinian " , but boycotted by Syria and Lebanon , both of which had also boycotted the May round of multilaterals . |
| 16 | A member of the political bureau of the ruling Popular Rally for Progress ( RPP ) , Mohammed Adabo Kabo , was dismissed on Dec. 23 after protesting at the killings , which had also prompted ( on Dec. 18 ) an expression of " severe condemnation " from the French Foreign Ministry . |
| 17 | The issue which provided the main focus of disagreement , and which had also thwarted progress on the CFE and START negotiations , had been the future political and military status of a united Germany . |
| 18 | However , it was in logged-out areas rather than primary rainforest that the fires were able to spread rapidly in Indonesia 's protracted four-month drought , which had also undermined the country 's self-sufficiency in rice , its staple food . |
| 19 | Several came from Shung Sep nunnery , a day 's walk from Lhasa , which had also supplied the heroic nuns of the March demonstration . |
| 20 | However , Ukraine invited representatives from the other CIS states to meet on Feb. 25 to negotiate repayment mechanisms ; at the meeting , which Russia had not attended , Ukraine had offered to become responsible for the share of the debt incurred by Moldova , Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan , which had also refused to sign the memorandum ( their share of the debt being minimal ) . |
| 21 | To all this , Wilson believed , was added the swamping of the industry with cheap foreign labour which had also lowered the quality of British seamen applying for jobs , thereby providing the shipowners with an excuse to prefer the foreigner . |
| 22 | Responsibility was claimed by the Islamic Jihad Movement — Bayt al-Maqdis ( Jerusalem ) , which had also claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israeli tour bus in Egypt in February 1990 [ see pp. 37265-66 ] , and which in late October had been declared illegal in Israel and the occupied territories . |
| 23 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 24 | Mr Wheeler , now moving to the rear of the plant to show off the £2m smoke-cleaning section , which had just broken down , pointed out that his company achieved destruction of at least 99.9999 per cent of all materials . |
| 25 | Perhaps , like Meredith Jones , Lloyd 's natural interest and generosity were spurred on both by the obvious scarcity of opportunity for the children in that industrial beehive and by the war which had just broken out . |
| 26 | Doug Whitney was in the air and was credited with shooting down one Bf109 which had just shot down one of the Hurricanes . |
| 27 | Struggling to survive the discouragement of another rebuff , Vincent walked on foot from the Borinage to Brussels to plead his case with the Reverend Pietersen , one of the more sympathetic members of the committee which had just sacked him . |
| 28 | Then Angel vaulted back on to his pony , which had just tottered groggily to its feet , and galloped back to the stables . |
| 29 | Hordes of grumbly Leeds fans left one place which had just shut up shop . |
| 30 | as if on cue , the car-phone gave a discreet purr to punctuate Tom 's passionate sentence , and he snatched it up as he braked at traffic-lights which had just turned red . |