Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either way , this black man , his ringleted hair gleaming on his shoulders , was not Gentle . |
| 2 | There stood Balboa , his shield on his arm , his cuirass gleaming on his chest , the brilliant new banner in one hand and his naked sword in the other , his plumed helmet giving him a stature far more considerable than offered by his height alone . |
| 3 | The role of the project leader takes a number of forms depending on his level of authority . |
| 4 | There was frost on his hair , on the fur of his hood , but soon , as he hacked at the tree , his skin began to glow and a fine , warm moisture gleamed on his face . |
| 5 | Mr Jemps got on his feet belligerently . |
| 6 | The two Yorkshire Puddings sit on his lap looking at the world through angel hair matted with dried spit . |
| 7 | He lay back on the seat in the dark interior with the attaché case resting on his knees as the driver cranked up the engine . |
| 8 | It was now of the utmost importance for the Unionists to clarify their own position ; Balfour 's pledge had been a conditional one and was not in any case binding on his successor , but the unpopularity of food taxes remained . |
| 9 | Existence depended on his aunt 's ability at home sewing , yet two foundations of his later development were laid down , an awareness of literature and familiarity with religion . |
| 10 | He opened the briefcase resting on his trouser leg , extracted a piece of plastic . |
| 11 | Craig Monson builds on his edition of the vernacular service music to validate suspicions that between the Short Services by Tallis and Byrd , and between those by Byrd and Morley , there is a commonality of material and procedures both overt and covert that is not coincidental but deliberate , and possibly inspired by respect for and deference to a master by ( not a pupil , but ) a disciple . |
| 12 | Then without disclosing how — if he had the money to proceed on his own , he would not now be displaying that same information on Esther 's desk — he pressed her for a response . |
| 13 | He felt her fingers stiffen on his fist . |
| 14 | Local residents can be helpful , as Allen Watkins found on his first ley walk . |
| 15 | Images of a naked young man , suspended , with cut hair scattered on his body co-exists with text framed on the wall . |
| 16 | Doyle rose on his haunches and checked the road . |
| 17 | Deliberately ignoring her , Patrick concentrated on his surroundings . |
| 18 | Kian Kombruk drew on his cigarette until the end glowed red . |
| 19 | Mitchell , who had turned down a place in Scotland 's team for the world cross-country trial to concentrate on his marathon commitments , clocked 2hr 21min 56 sec . |
| 20 | There was page after page of it , brought back from the courts and council meetings , filling the notebooks stacked on his shared desk . |
| 21 | Delaney saw Forster nod , the light flashing on his eye-pieces . |
| 22 | He looked at the other men in the room , his eyes resting on his father . |
| 23 | Looking down at their still and silent master , the two dogs began to slink nearer until they lay down beside him , noses resting on his body . |
| 24 | Commonwealth bantamweight champion Johnny Armour needed four stitches in cut sustained on his left eye in the later stages of his points win over rugged Algerian Boualem Belkif and is unlikely to fight again until September . |
| 25 | Her eyes riveted on his broad back , she gave a slow , naughty smile as she watched him thread his way towards his elegant companion . |
| 26 | Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam 's wristwatch — she was n't wearing her own since it would have looked totally out of place with the slinky black number she was wearing — only to have her eyes riveted on his hands . |
| 27 | Gold braid glowed on his peaked hat and epaulettes . |
| 28 | Outside , crouching , his weight resting on his good arm , Kit Everard was praying , ‘ The Lord is my shepherd , I 'll not want . ’ |
| 29 | Lawton nodded , the light reflecting on his eyepiece . |
| 30 | 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 . |