Example sentences of "on which [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some wore only frilly drawers and black camisoles so you could see their bare thighs on which they wore fancy garters and suspenders . |
| 2 | The only occasions on which we got fleeting moments of commitment were ones where I or my British colleagues were present and involved . |
| 3 | Our immediate agenda must be the talks on which we embarked last year . |
| 4 | Although we were very happy with much of this document , there were a few sections about which we had reservations , and on which we submitted detailed comments . |
| 5 | Her later research in this area involved a long study of the complex genetic interactions in Matthiola incana , on which she published twenty-two papers . |
| 6 | Far below , in the street opposite the 550 building , stood the tall statue of the Garment Worker , strangely distorted from this angle , and around the plinth on which it stood ant-like figures of vagrants and layabouts sat , oblivious to the cold . |
| 7 | But the points he made were chiefly concerned with moral questions affecting the status of divorce , on which he had strong views : whereas I had been occupied more with the Baldwin government and its apparent wish to stifle certain political views , especially concerning unemployment , to which the King had given expression . |
| 8 | Another event took place at Birdland , a jazz-club in the centre of Montreal , where Leonard gave poetry readings after midnight , frequently to the accompaniment of his own guitar on which he improvised appropriate backings , though often in company with more experienced jazz musicians . |
| 9 | Lord Aldington agreed with Mr Rampton that the date on which he left V Corps area was important . |
| 10 | The ensuing clash was a symbol and a foretaste of the countless later occasions on which he challenged orthodox opinions , both religious and secular . |
| 11 | In his office he had a blackboard , on which he transcribed diagrammatic models of the action , with letters of the ordinary alphabet for characters already invented and letters of the Greek alphabet for those whom he might need to invent ; he was contemplating a further six months of composition . |
| 12 | Alix wore a white dress bought ready-made from a department store , her younger sister was a sort of bridesmaid in a flowered print , and her little brother wore a grey suit with short trousers and a pale-blue tie , on which he spilt some strawberry ice-cream . |
| 13 | The top right-hand corner was decorated with small rose leaves interspersed with some ladies ' bedstraw , on which I arranged some geums and cow parsley centres . |
| 14 | The card background I used for this photo frame was an extremely pale peachy pink , on which I placed some rose leaves , heuchera flowers and green spiky leaves , with ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ and ‘ Yesterday ’ roses forming the central focus . |