Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [adv] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I gave it to him , only he came past on his bike . |
| 2 | So he got down on his knees , too , and rested his elbows on Bill Brice 's coffee-table , and closed his eyes completely . |
| 3 | When the door burst open he sat back on his heels and almost toppled over , and the child straightened up from where she had been thrust against the bed . |
| 4 | When Nigel came back he lay down on his stomach and held out a big stick which the Mayor clutched and Otley and I pushed him from the back until we got him out none the worse for his adventure . |
| 5 | Now he spread out on his table the note taken from the dead girl 's handbag , placing on each side the two specimens of the husband 's handwriting which the police had been able to obtain . |
| 6 | And then he walked out on his crutch , his hand on my shoulder . |
| 7 | And then he gets up on his high horse and he says , ‘ Rico has no daughters , Rico only has sons . |
| 8 | But he had worked with a big er in a great big firm and he then he branched out on his own you know . |
| 9 | The needle snicked in and out of the fabric , and then he leaned back on his heels , scowling . |
| 10 | Then he sat back on his haunches and sniffed the air , holding his paws in the air for quiet . |
| 11 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |