Example sentences of "[verb] on his [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of these names appear on his subscribers ' lists to his series of prints . |
| 2 | Yet Philip 's methods were those of his father and grandfather ; and although he had a clearer notion of feudal lordship and a broader canvas on which to exploit that lordship , even here he drew on his predecessors ' achievements . |
| 3 | Jerry also earned three full International caps for Eire ( qualifying on his father 's nationality ) , but once the Palace began to lose their way his laconic and delicate style became on occasions at least , something of a luxury our side could ill-afford , and when he became a free agent in 1985 he chose to move over to Chelsea . |
| 4 | Again he wondered about Tina 's anger and the tension between her and her grandfather , but his thoughts soon concentrated on his mother 's suffering . |
| 5 | The son of the Harijan village President , Sarat was then 18 and still at school , alternating between thoughts of a government job and staying in the village to work on his father 's land . |
| 6 | BRITISH spy Ian Spiro left bloody fingerprints smeared on his son 's bedroom walls after blasting him in the head twice with a handgun . |
| 7 | And he 'd drawn and coloured the cross that he 'd seen on his mother 's bed . |
| 8 | The DUP 's Gregory Campbell refused to be drawn on his party 's attitude to the issue . |
| 9 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 10 | An agent must not , without his principal 's knowledge and consent , receive any reward or commission from those with whom he deals on his principal 's behalf , or derive any profit from transactions entered into on the principal 's behalf beyond the remuneration agreed upon . |
| 11 | To this petition Gloucester agreed and on 26 June , in a ceremony consciously modelled on his brother 's accession , he took his seat at Westminster and began his reign . |
| 12 | To this petition Gloucester agreed and on 26 June , in a ceremony consciously modelled on his brother 's accession , he took his seat at Westminster and began his reign . |
| 13 | He was not supposed to know whether the dealer was buying or selling on his client 's behalf , but nonetheless he attempted to guess this from the runner 's facial expression and comments . |
| 14 | ‘ What harm ? ’ said Lucie , turning on his demon 's smile . |
| 15 | ( c. 1140–1221 ) , scholar and churchman , was born on his father 's estates in or near Launceston , Cornwall , in 1140 , the son of Jordan of Trecarrel , sometime praepositus of Launceston . |
| 16 | The Profitboss will accept decisions based on his boss 's opinions . |
| 17 | 30 years later , Constanze 's husband Georg Nissen published another biography , based on his wife 's recollections ; but the first scholarly biography did not appear until the centenary of his birth . |
| 18 | This was based on his father 's life and it did well enough to bring in five thousand pounds . |
| 19 | We were putting an album together based on his light rock/folk style that he was developing — songs like ‘ Janine ’ , ‘ Unwashed And Slightly Dazed ’ — all that country rock flavour that he was developing and then , out of the blue , he wrote ‘ Space Oddity ’ . |
| 20 | He relied on his mind 's eye and ear — and nose . |
| 21 | But recently bulbs have been thrown on a compost heap and wooden crosses made by his young grandchildren have been dumped on his widow 's doorstep . |
| 22 | It is important that the rider does not collapse in the forward swing and so rely on his horse 's beck for support . |
| 23 | Falling demand and rising costs are tempting many a finance director to curb spending on his firm 's in-house training , let alone its contribution to the local TEC . |
| 24 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 25 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 26 | He left school at the Ewart Institute , Edinburgh , at the age of sixteen and worked on his father 's farm , which was mainly concerned with a herd of dairy cattle , a small flock of sheep , and some pigs and horses . |
| 27 | Mr Michael Bland , Thomas 's father , said yesterday it was too early to know exactly what bearing the ruling would have on his son 's case , but he said their campaign would continue . |
| 28 | Drafted into the final eleven when Hooper was ruled out on the morning of the match with a hairline fracture of the finger sustained in the nets , the 24-year old Adams would soon be called on to intervene on his team 's behalf with the bat . |
| 29 | Greeting him on his return from battle , she hands him over to his wife with palpable reluctance ; seeking to calm him before his confrontation with the people , she shackles him in an iron grip ; and , in the great plea with him not to sack Rome , she pinpoints the lines about him treading on his mother 's womb ‘ that brought thee to this world ’ . |
| 30 | The paint stains on his Levi 's are from decorating his new baby 's nursery . |