Example sentences of "[conj] he [be] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , although he was halted on the line , Cambridge retained possession , Flood sending Richard Batstone hurtling in on the left for a try that Davies converted . |
| 2 | For although he was born on the Indian sub-continent , he was educated and lives in the UK . |
| 3 | Maria learns from the men she drinks with in the cafe that he is hiding on the rooftops . |
| 4 | If he is to practise standing up , the plinth height may be raised , so that he is perched on the edge with his legs fairly straight : this reduces the support under his seat , but makes it easier for him to stand . |
| 5 | He feels so close to the nature of the place that he is photographed on the jacket of his book wearing a curious hat and holding the tusk of a wild pig . |
| 6 | His tongue flicked out to caress her nipple , which was throbbing painfully , and with one anguished movement she pressed his mouth further down so that he was sucking on the rosy tip . |
| 7 | O'Hara 's landlady called up the stairs that he was wanted on the telephone . |
| 8 | At two o'clock he was called , and told that he was wanted on the telephone . |
| 9 | No FA inquiry into his claim that he was struck on the head by a coin thrown from stand occupied by Millwall fans . |
| 10 | He claimed that he was struck on the left leg and was knocked off-balance and said that afterwards he had difficulty moving . |
| 11 | Anyone with a passing knowledge of astrological influences will realize that he was born on the cusp , a Taurus caught in the influence of Aries , which makes him bullish and a bit of a ram . |
| 12 | ‘ The fan has confirmed that he was pushed on the field . |
| 13 | There were none of the demonstrations or obstructions which he had feared , and in fact such was the success of the play that he was featured on the cover of Time magazine on 6 March . |
| 14 | Dostoevsky wanted to stifle the thought that he was riding on the back of Nechacv 's perverse glamour . |
| 15 | He took out his map , which indeed suggested that he was riding on the main Brussels highway , but maps were notoriously inaccurate . |
| 16 | Theodore claimed that he was acting on the instructions of Childebert 's magnates . |
| 17 | Mueller had simply used his privileged position to advise the General Directors that he was operating on the instructions of the President . |
| 18 | He had levered himself up so that he was leaning on the boot of the sports car Scamp had tried to demolish with his shotgun . |
| 19 | Earlier , Aindow told the court that he was hit on the left thigh by the side of the car , which knocked him into the side of road and possibly on to the kerb . |
| 20 | He swung his legs around so that he was perched on the edge of the bunk . |
| 21 | Is the Prime Minister aware that the parents of Carly Reavill and everyone else know that he was misinformed on the circumstances concerning that child 's tragic death ? |
| 22 | His death certificate shows that he was found on the floor of his cow house on Christmas Eve 1887 , a day before his 71st birthday , having died from a heart attack . |
| 23 | The fact remains that he was murdered on the night after his father 's funeral and if the two are unconnected we are back in the funny coincidences department . |
| 24 | The foal was called Bonfire and was splendidly nosy and confident and trod delicately all round him pretending that he was lying on the sweetest grass in the field . |
| 25 | The doctors diagnosed that he had probably had a left-sided embolic stroke , and decided that he did not need surgery , so he was treated on the medical ward , where he remained for about seven months . |
| 26 | And he 's banging on the engine cos it makes him sick |
| 27 | upsetting , he was stood on the was there , and he was stood on the corner and this er I suppose a couple of . |
| 28 | Peyton did move back into some degree of opposition ( now called Whig ) contact , and he was involved on the peripheries of the 1682–3 Rye House plot . |
| 29 | It shows that something stupid and it just went , spine , and he was sitting on the pavement out there for three or four minutes in agony , |
| 30 | It was ten minutes brisk walk to the Embassy , and he was waiting on the corner as Hannele approached . |