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However with phrasal verbs, the preposition always stays with the verb.

e.g. The letter, which I came across by chance, was very important,
(non-identifying)

Exercices:

1. Complete these sentences as you like, using defining relative clauses:

1. People whose ___________ .
2. Men ____________ really annoy me.
3. Women ___________ really get on my nerves.

4.1 always get on with people __________ .
5. __________ bore me to tears.
6. ___________is waiting in queues.
7. ___________should be shot.
8.1 don't like goods __________ .
9.1 like places ___________ .
10. It was one of those days _______ .
11. Anybody ______________ .
12. The only political system __________ .

2. Combine the following pairs or groups of sentences using non-defining

relative clauses.

1. The findings of the Wilson report were ignored by the government. The report had
been drawn up by a commettee of experts.
2. British Coal Ltd. has started to make a profit. It was privatised last year.
3. At election time a great deal of political propaganda is directed at the electorate.
The majority of the electorate understand less than half of it.
4. The government was pressed by its foreign advisers to make political concessions.
Instead of this it has banned all political activity.
This project has been abandoned. The government invested billions of dollars in the
project.

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