Example sentences of "which he [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goodridge was simultaneously an active member of the BDDA , which he served on the executive , as Treasurer of the pension fund and as a Vice-chairman before being awarded a medal of honour in 1977 . |
| 2 | His education had been interrupted by the war of 1914–18 , in which he served on the western front as an officer in the 8th battalion of the East Surrey Regiment . |
| 3 | This June 1954 view of 26015 passing over the pointwork of Glossop line at Dinting reminds the writer of the final working which he witnessed on 10th March 1981 . |
| 4 | Lee , startled to see Philip , moved and the helmet which he had on the back of his head fell off on to the flagged floor . |
| 5 | Singling out The Forest and the Fire , which he laid on the pillow ready , he left the rest in a pile on the floor . |
| 6 | He spent a year in Britain during which time he was commissioned to write numerous articles criticising Russia which earned him a considerable amount of money , some of which he spent on a very comfortable lifestyle . |
| 7 | His nightclub act earned him a fortune , much of which he spent on whisky , marijuana and cocaine . |
| 8 | Henry Weldon , a New York collector of Staffordshire pottery , has successfully sued Lindsay Antiques , London , for a refund of the £435,000 plus 15% interest which he spent on items of Staffordshire pottery from 1988 . |
| 9 | He is pictured on the right receiving gift vouchers which he spent on household items and also treated himself to a new pair of binoculars for his bird watching hobby . |
| 10 | I can certainly give my hon. Friend the assurance for which he asked on resources for TECs for the initiative . |
| 11 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 12 | Le Queux reached the height of his popularity in the 1920s , during which he wrote on Landru , the multiple murderer in France , Rasputin , the sinister influence at the court of the tsar of Russia , and a number of other books including Things I Know about Kings , Celebrities and Crooks ( 1923 ) , Hidden Hands ( 1925 ) , Blackmailed ( 1927 ) , and The Chameleon ( 1927 ) . |
| 13 | A typical letter was that which he wrote on 8 July 1940 : |
| 14 | On 1 September 1613 Elsynge was granted the reversion of the office of clerk of the parliaments , to which he succeeded on Bowyer 's death on 15 March 1621 . |
| 15 | Orwell 's jibes at Auden 's emigration to New York in January 1939 , too , with Christopher Isherwood , were to be echoed shortly after by Waugh in Put Out More Flags ( 1942 ) , which he composed on a troopship . |
| 16 | ‘ Nessun Dorma ’ from Turandot which he insisted on singing to me . |
| 17 | Her father took a silver case from his pocket and withdrew a cigarette , which he tapped on a thumbnail before putting it in his mouth and lighting it . |
| 18 | A ceasefire which he negotiated on May 26 , together with an agreement from the SRBH to lift the blockade of Sarajevo airport , was immediately broken . |
| 19 | He came back with the tin and two jumpers , one of which he tossed on her lap . |
| 20 | Hau attempted to allay concerns about his authoritarian reputation by appointing a civilian Defence Minister and two independent politicians to the new Executive Yuan ( Cabinet ) which he announced on May 30 . |
| 21 | The candidature of Teannaki was supported by the outgoing President Ieremia Tabai , whom Teannaki included within the Cabinet which he announced on July 8 . |
| 22 | He established a considerable empire through central Europe , in the course of which he conferred on the Abbot of St Gall the right of market holding , coinage and excise . |
| 23 | I understand the feeling within his party that has given rise to some of the security recommendations which he conferred on my hon. Friend the Minister of State last week , and which he described as a root-and-branch policy . |
| 24 | Lutyens had been struck by the emphasis she had placed on the word — and on her choice of it ; chaste was not a word Miss Jekyll usually employed when planning her gardens , and Lutyens bore it in mind throughout — hence the austerity to which he adhered on the terraces . |
| 25 | One of the best examples of this kind is the sharp contrast between Wemmick 's home and work life which he insists on keeping secret and apart . |
| 26 | Former Warwickshire wicketkeeper Geoff Humpage , 38 , has rejoined with West Midlands police force , which he left on becoming a country cricketer in 1974 . |
| 27 | I bet myself he had professional ‘ On Tow ’ plates in the truck and he had , along with a seemingly authentic ‘ Police Aware ’ sticker which he stuck on the rear windscreen . |
| 28 | Over the years Skarsnik has amassed a large collection of Dwarf beard scalps which he displays on long wooden stakes driven into the mountain side . |
| 29 | Lisson 's collaboration between Michael Joaquin Grey and Randolph Huff , with sculpture by Tony Cragg 's pupil , Wilhelm Mundt ( to 10 October ) , will be followed by new works by John Latham and a new installation by Christian Boltanski ( 20 October-21 November ) , a photographic record of the pupils of the gallery 's local school , North Westminster Community School , which he compiled on a visit to London last month . |
| 30 | In his speech , the Prime Minister set out the weak position from which he negotiates on economic and monetary union . |