Example sentences of "on [prep] his [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless every partner will have a right to know what is being carried on in his firm 's name and for which he is ultimately answerable . |
| 2 | Although Hank was obsessed with his own problems , he was well aware of what was going on in his mother 's head . |
| 3 | When Charlie wheeled the brand-new barrow on to his granpa 's pitch the following morning , Mr Dunkley came out of the fish and chip shop to admire the new acquisition . |
| 4 | There 's this man and woman walking by with lots of shopping bags and a little boy hanging on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 5 | He looks scared of me , and hangs even tighter on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 6 | … bloody man is in the fast-lane ; comes off at junction 7 for a year or so here , and then he 'll be off and away at junction 8 , on to his chief 's job somewhere else … and look at him ! |
| 7 | … which is not until Act 5 , when the poet re-enters briefly , prattling on to his captors ' exasperation . |
| 8 | This conduct only becomes a nuisance when the consequence of his acts are not confined to his own land but extend on to his neighbour 's land . |
| 9 | Jack took Amy and Adam to Hull for the funeral where Amy sobbed her heart out and Adam , less than three months after his Barmitzvah , threw a clod of earth on to his grandad 's coffin as his first act of manhood . |
| 10 | The crowd dispersed quickly and in the rush for the exits , Tam was glad to see old Jock McLaughlin holding firmly on to his Grandson 's small hand . |
| 11 | Riven hung on to his mount 's bridle grimly whilst it bucked and reared in a desperate effort to get away . |
| 12 | Yet nothing had changed since , and his worry now was not for the competition , but for what lay beyond , what would happen to Firelight when he left school in the summer and joined the ranks of the unemployed or , with doubtful luck , got on to his father 's building site . |
| 13 | ‘ For the first three weeks or so , I wo n't be on The Word much , ’ Mark explains , casually kicking his feet up on to his agent 's gleaming mahogany desk . |
| 14 | His sadism is satisfied , at least at first , within the permitted limits of naval discipline , but it is accompanied by unpredictable moods and actions which disturb and perplex the crew to the point of mutiny , terrified as they are by the hostile surveillance of the officers and the malicious spying which William Bentley the midshipman carries on by his uncle 's order . |