Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His expression for once had lost that unyielding look , and uncertainty flickered for an instant in the glance he bestowed on her . |
| 2 | Ben , watching him , saw once again how the light seemed trapped by the matt black surface of the heavy iron ring he wore on the index finger of his right hand . |
| 3 | The only ingredient he recognized on the prescription was caffeine . |
| 4 | Van Cheele usually talked to his aunt about the birds , plants and animals he saw on his walks . |
| 5 | Before her astonished eyes he turned on his heel and walked from the discotheque floor , leaving her alone in the midst of the dancers . |
| 6 | Eventually , the ballet was first given by the University Ballet as Suite , Opus 3 , but for a revival by the Ballet Club he settled on Suite , ‘ Aus Holbergs Zeit ’ ( ‘ from Holberg 's time ’ ) . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's nothing , ’ he said , frowning at the blood he saw on his fingers . |
| 8 | Taking the carrier bag from the back seat he slipped on the mask . |
| 9 | We recently revealed how Dear , a 37-year-old sales manager from Stevenage , claimed a refund of the £1,500 he spent on an Arsenal Bond . |
| 10 | AUDLEY LUMSDEN lines up on Oxford University 's right wing against Cambridge next Tuesday haunted by the chilling words he heard on a March Saturday in 1989 . |
| 11 | It is in the erm statement of faith to substitute for the phrase by his death on the cross the words he died on the cross for the sins of the world . |
| 12 | Hoover 's optimism about the future of the USA had been underlined by the words he used on accepting nomination We in America today are nearer the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land . |
| 13 | had a yard there and an old building , that 's where he had , that 's where he operated from and he used to get all this second hand timber demolition timber from Liverpool and Berkenhead and all that and he reckoned then that for every hundred pound he spent on demolition he had a thousand pound back |
| 14 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 15 | He enjoyed both her company and the effect he had on her . |
| 16 | She had seen for herself the effect he had on many of his clients ; had herself been impressed by his ability to amuse them with his quick wit and entertaining anecdotes . |
| 17 | The effect he had on me was unexpected . |
| 18 | She could not understand the effect he had on her . |
| 19 | Was she being overly accommodating with Guido , she wondered , because of this strange effect he had on her ? |
| 20 | Trying to ignore the disturbing effect he had on her heart-rate , she said crisply , ‘ Well , if it 's a fight you 're hoping for … ’ |
| 21 | It was the unsettling effect he had on her , making her question everything she 'd always taken for granted . |
| 22 | Luke was furious with Mike except about the new merchandising clause ( potential accessories on the poem like toys or T-shirts ) and the improved cut he got on tertiaries and sequels . |
| 23 | Speeding home to Maidenhead on his Lambretta he brooded on the exciting and slightly scary world of West Coast direct action , radicalism , Beat and homosexuality . |
| 24 | Arieti , an expert on both creativity and schizophrenia — and therefore the most qualified among these contemporary psychiatric writers to comment — is equally disappointing in the light he throws on the issue . |
| 25 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 26 | In support of this submission he relied on the recent decision of the House of Lords in Reg. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners , Ex parte T. C. Coombs & Co. [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 283 , 302F where the House of Lords held , in the words of Lord Lowry who gave the leading judgment in which the other Lords of Appeal concurred , that |
| 27 | Imagine how much time and effort would be required if each speaker had to establish the denotation of each term he produced on each occasion of use . |
| 28 | It would take most of the silver he had on him and that would be just for half an ounce of what was needed . |
| 29 | But one also sees in the adoption of Havard the vivid contrast which existed between the clubbable Lewis liked by his friends and the figure he presented on the domestic scene . |
| 30 | Of the speeches he made on these occasions we have such various descriptions it is impossible to be sure what he actually said . |