Example sentences of "on his [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |
| 2 | The Headmaster still had on his gown and he flapped in the wind like a bat as he charged across the grass . |
| 3 | Five minutes later a plastic bag containing his wet , bloodstained pyjamas and a bottle of antiseptic fell on his bed and he heard Murray 's heavy footsteps retreat down the bare boards of the corridor . |
| 4 | But as he went in , something landed on his back and he felt strong , sinewy hands fasten round his throat . |
| 5 | TV aerials : one of the drama groups did a sketch about James Logie Baird who invented the television , and the man who lodged in the room next door to him kept on seeing pictures flashing on his wall and they dragged him off to the lunatic asylum 'cos they thought he was seeing things , hallucinating . |
| 6 | We were waiting on his giro and it did n't come.2 |
| 7 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 8 | Pete put a hand on his shoulder and he knew there was a reason why he should not have but he was so tired , so bone-achingly weary , that he could not summon the strength to remember . |
| 9 | Then there was the light touch of a hand on his shoulder and he turned to find Fei Yen there , smiling up at him . |
| 10 | But the noise put Seve on his guard and he played the 17th conservatively , for him . |
| 11 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 12 | on his salad and he eat it , I says there 's an egg here Richard do you want it ? , yes I 'll eat it |
| 13 | He knew by now that Salter had plenty of sins both of omission and commission on his conscience and he felt no compunction in letting him worry . |
| 14 | And with these words , we are told , ‘ his head dropped on his chest and he slept soundly ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's a lad with bags of confidence and was quick to let me know that he 'd scored on his debut and I had n't . |
| 16 | If only I could he he looks back on his life and he knows the power that he has experienced . |
| 17 | And he sticks a pot on his head and everybody goes where 's Norman ? |
| 18 | Jack put another bit of cotton wool on the nick on his chin and he wondered if Marilyn was ready yet . |
| 19 | Then as he was passing a bit nearer and I came to him , he stopped again in the queue , I walked in and and I said , I knocked on his window and he put it down and I said , that was n't a very nice thing to do . |
| 20 | Briefly he shone a torch on his face and they glimpsed a uniform and the black and white chequered band around his cap . |
| 21 | There are tears on his face and I wipe them away . |
| 22 | ‘ It seemed a bit odd , but it was an attempted burglary on his premises and an assault on his body and we had to respect his wishes . |
| 23 | Sitting at peace with his ailing woman , tenderly responsive , he imagined his mouth curved in a mysterious smile ‘ like that of Rembrandt himself in his self-portrait in which Saskia is sitting on his knee and he has a glass of wine in his hand . ’ |
| 24 | I asked him if he was going on his boat and he said no . |
| 25 | When we got to the end of it , Andy Johns had goosebumps on his arm and he said , ‘ Man , that was the track . ’ |
| 26 | Harold Wilson obviously had something on his mind and he told us that if we watched the television news we would hear something that he was sure would be of interest to us . |
| 27 | He must have had something on his mind and he did something he does not normally do . ’ |
| 28 | Quite suddenly the grip hardened on his hand and he felt it forced into the warm cleft between her legs . |
| 29 | You know Dr , when I was a young man this billionaire had his had his daughter and son kidnapped and held in a barn on his farm and they wanted twenty million pound ransom for them . |