Example sentences of "on his [noun] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Creon , Alexander West , after a blustering , bellowing , finger-pointing performance , had the veins standing out so prominently on his forehead that we feared the explosion of blood . |
| 2 | Harry was so intent on his work that he did not hear the door open . |
| 3 | It was on his head that you returned to the beat on time . |
| 4 | to shoot his loaf , I do n't think he 's brushed up on his cream that he dropped look |
| 5 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |
| 6 | He was holding her hand and staring down at her with an extraordinary expression on his face that she had never seen before . |
| 7 | I could tell immediately by the look on his face that he knew about Granny , for news travelled fast in our district and nothing was secret for long . |
| 8 | His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family . |
| 9 | Well , Mercer 's father had exactly the same rinds of dead flesh on his hands that we saw in the Delta . |
| 10 | I reckon he has got a law case on his hands that he thinks he might lose . |