Example sentences of "[vb past] he on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great joy possessed him as the train bore him on , on , on through the sunshine , down the line to Loughton . |
| 2 | Shortly after appearing on an independent television programme to discuss his views ( no BBC programme invited him on ) , Altrincham was hit in the face by a furious official of the League of Empire Loyalists . |
| 3 | He tried to touch him , but Mr Fractor , who was in charge of the front of the queue , moved him on . |
| 4 | Richardson , too , made a mediocre start being one over par for his first six holes , but then birdies at the seventh , ninth and 10th moved him on to the leaderboard . |
| 5 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 6 | Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back . |
| 7 | And no possibility of resisting the force which drew him on , through Oxford 's Christmas-lit streets , beneath the gilded spires and haughty cupolas of a world which had denied him , towards the next link in the chain . |
| 8 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 9 | The shapechanger dropped him on to the ground . |
| 10 | With Jackie it was a mixture of pride and the fear of being sent back to London that drove him on . |
| 11 | But some irresistible compulsion drove him on to hazard again the life he relished so much , and to put at risk my happiness as well . |
| 12 | But what drove him on was less his outsize libido than his desire to prove a point and win public acclaim : ‘ Everyone thinks I 'm going to die . |
| 13 | He hated himself for pressing a dying friend , but some gut-fear , some primordial terror drove him on . |
| 14 | But that apprehension was not physical cowardice , rather the fear of defeat and subsequent demotion from big-money fighter to poorly-paid has-been that drove him on . |
| 15 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 16 | His team-mates Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras and John McEnroe rushed on court and lifted him on to their shoulders to carry him to the sidelines . |
| 17 | The little boy , sensing that his mother was upset , had come to stand by her and she lifted him on to her lap . |
| 18 | Alexandra now lifted him on to her lap , where he immediately settled , plugged his thumb into his mouth and gazed pityingly down at his brothers and sister . |
| 19 | They connected up the drip , set it running and turned him on to his side . |
| 20 | He was like a gold miner , chipping away at the rocks and occasionally discovering tantalizing little nuggets that spurred him on towards his dream of striking a rich seam . |
| 21 | He was approached by the Huddersfield directors early in 1921 and the offer spurred him on to a determined effort to prove his innocence in the Leeds City affair . |
| 22 | Toomey 's childhood was dominated by ‘ constant worry about money ’ , but it spurred him on . |
| 23 | The fear that he 'd be denied sight of the sanctum at the top of the stairs spurred him on , his body doing its ragged best to accommodate his ambition . |
| 24 | His idea of the " popular play " is important , since his devotion to the music hall and his belief that the poet can only be socially useful in the theatre spurred him on to achieve what was for him the unachievable : the plays bear all the marks of their deliberate and laborious composition . |
| 25 | Rain could not think what it was Fitzgerald had done that Sabine Jourdain later copied , but regardless of that she spurred him on : ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 26 | Today we meet young comedienne Lois Waters and her dad Denny , and tomorrow Chris Boardman talks about the man who spurred him on to Olympic fame . |
| 27 | Ellwood spun him a dozen more times , then released him on to the sofa . |
| 28 | The fear followed him on to the table at the Rothmans and the man who had pillaged nine titles last season lost to world No 52 Tony Chappel — a player who had managed to take just one frame off him in two previous meetings . |
| 29 | Kate followed him on to the landing and shouted : ‘ You 're another one . |
| 30 | She followed him on to the train for the short journey to Bruges . |