Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] be on " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly his hand was on my shoulder .
2 Perhaps his name is on his underclothes , ’ she said .
3 Funnily , funnily enough he , funnily enough his car 's on that picture
4 So his focus is on the future — Sam 's future .
5 2 years ago Teddy Sutton did n't know he could carve ; now his work is on display at up to £300 a time .
6 He knows now his job is on the line and he 's very nervous . ’
7 But now his mind was on Harry Mack .
8 She heard his chair scrape , and then his arm was on her shoulder , gently but firmly turning her to face him .
9 Then his mouth was on hers and she groaned , turning unconsciously into him a little .
10 The Dragoons took John Browning with them and he was hanged later at Mauchline , where his name is on a memorial to Covenanters on the Loan Green .
11 Enraged by finding his path barred by his swine dead in rows of nine , the giant confronted the crowd , but the hermit pointed behind him to where his castle was on fire .
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