Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] on his [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a deep breath , enjoying the freshness , the warmth of the sunlight on his arms and back . |
| 2 | He had brooded himself into a black dwam , and when the door opened again he started violently and spilled the last of the milk on his legs . |
| 3 | For the few minutes he was trapped there he could feel the pull of the ocean on his legs . |
| 4 | Those misses obviously eroded Barnes ' confidence , and he tended to play the last half hour of the game with the weight of the world on his shoulders . |
| 5 | Early fifties , thinning black hair , the unmistakeable signs of middle-age spread and the sort of doleful features that gave the impression he was carrying the troubles of the world on his shoulders . |
| 6 | For now Andrew Saxton continues to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and he 's hoping the decision will be reversed before the event starts . |
| 7 | Off he went to Great Scotland Yard , in that frightful double-breasted suit , silly flat cap and flashy green tie , carrying all the worries of the Empire on his shoulders , leaving me to pick up the pieces . |
| 8 | He impaled another segment of the apple on his talons , and popped it into his mouth . |
| 9 | ‘ Please ! ’ she moaned urgently as he lifted his mouth from hers to bury his face against the side of her neck , and excitement leapt as she heard the slight sound of the zip on his jeans being unfastened . |
| 10 | Peters saw their reactions and knew instinctively that he was going to have one hell of a fight on his hands the next day to convince the committee of his vehicle division proposals . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've no wish to argue with you , ’ said the young man , with the beginning of a smile on his lips , ‘ but I 'll be proud to shake you by the hand , Connor O'Dell . ’ |
| 12 | There was the vaguest notion of a smile on his lips , and she tightened her mouth . |
| 13 | He gestured the holding of a child on his shoulders . |
| 14 | ‘ Tempt him with the possibility of a spread on his designs . ’ |
| 15 | Tonight , only a few minutes earlier , he 'd been following handwritten signs down a service passageway to the toilets when , for one brief half-second , he 'd seen a local councillor emerging through the doorway with the head of a pig on his shoulders . |
| 16 | like the tangent of an orange on his eyelids . |
| 17 | In some numbers he wrote half the contents ; in others , especially at the time of an operation on his eyes for glaucoma , little . |