Example sentences of "[verb] with his [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The governor expressed his disillusionment in letters to Penn and others : ‘ the hosts of mosquitoes are worse than armed men , yet the men without arms [ are ] worse than they ’ ; and attacked what he saw as Quaker hypocrisy : ‘ each praying with his neighbour on First Days , and then preying on him the other six ’ . |
| 2 | They were spectacular efforts often launched some distance from the target , who would be dillying and dallying with his foot on the ball when , suddenly and without warning , he would end up in a twisted heap at the bottom of our wall amid a terrible noise of stud on bone . |
| 3 | With his position slipping badly in the opinion polls , he took a gamble by electing to appear with his wife on a prime-time television current affairs programme , on Jan. 27 , in order to address the charges . |
| 4 | He stands with his weight on the right foot , his face lightly turned in that direction . |
| 5 | Intent now on a sharpish exit he banged with his helmet on the canopy until he had made a hole big enough to climb through . |
| 6 | A BRITISH holidaymaker drowned as he paddled with his wife on France 's ‘ Savage Coast . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Later , ’ he said as he turned with his hand on the door into one of the sitting-rooms , ‘ I shall want a straight answer to my question . |
| 8 | He drummed with his fingers on the table for a few moments then he said , ‘ So the field is still open , is it ? ’ |
| 9 | He was lying with his head on his cushion , eh |
| 10 | Hamlet often thinks of death , and this debate fits with his thoughts on mortality . |
| 11 | Elwood lived with his parents on Ross Street West , and I remember going to his house one day in late June when he had just completed his high school training to offer him a job at CHAB . |
| 12 | Ya'acov Friedler , interned with his sister on the Isle of Man , remembers the first signs of the change of heart towards enemy aliens : |
| 13 | In another movement pattern for arm and trunk control , the patient sits with his weight on his arms and moves his body , with the physiotherapist 's guidance , so that his arms have to react to help his balance . |
| 14 | The Chancellor might be forced to raise rates again if sterling took a nosedive , but he did not need to sit with his finger on the trigger . |
| 15 | A knee operation has exacerbated the problems he experienced with his action on last year 's England ‘ A ’ tour of Sri Lanka , yet complaints , characteristically , are few . |
| 16 | In 1881 he took a job at Hale Farm Nurseries ; then , not long after , in order to start experimenting with his ideas on design , accepted a partnership with a firm of contractors . |
| 17 | He scratched with his stick on the ground ( we were in Hyde Park by this time ) . |
| 18 | Scott then retired with his family on 12th August to the Oatlands Park Hotel , near Chertsey , for a few days respite . |
| 19 | In August 1939 he escaped with his family on the last but one ship to leave Hamburg . |
| 20 | In August 1939 he escaped with his family on the last but one ship to leave Hamburg . |
| 21 | James Bridie had the Anglo-Scots summed up , though nothing to do with his work on those notorious Edinburgh grave-robbers , Burke and Hare . |
| 22 | It had to do with his insistence on using ‘ real ’ people , which was seen as a daunting prospect by many of the crew . |
| 23 | The youth was travelling with his mother on a Britannia Boeing 737 carrying 130 passengers from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Malaga early yesterday . |
| 24 | Like Caesar 's Gaul , it can be described in three parts : continuing decline 1980–2 ; the London & South Eastern phase under David Kirby 1982–5 ; and the reign of Chris Green and the birth of Network SouthEast commencing with his appointment on 6 January 1986 . |
| 25 | Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard ; And he taps with his whip on the shutters , but all is locked and barred : He whistles a tune to the window , and who should be waiting there But the landlord 's black-eyed daughter , |
| 26 | Over the cobbles he clatters , and clangs in the darkened yard , and he taps with his whip on the shutters , but all is locked and barred . |
| 27 | The sand felt firm here under his feet and he dog-paddled while checking the depth before easing on shore to lie with his chin on pebbles at the water 's edge , hearing the talk of sentries and just able to make out two figures behind a wall beyond the beach . |
| 28 | He was more than usually serious and thoughtful tonight , he went with his eyes on the ground and his brows drawn , and smiled only fleetingly when she poked fun at Ednyfed 's wife to amuse him and get his attention . |
| 29 | He tapped with his cane on the track as he walked , remembering the contempt in which he and his fellow Italians had been held . |
| 30 | Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard , And he tapped with his whip on the shutters , but all was locked and barred : He whistled a tune to the window ; and who should be waiting there But the landlord 's black-eyed daughter , |