Example sentences of "and [adv] on his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He required seven or eight spinners to keep him busy as he threw his shuttle to and fro on his heavy wooden loom . |
| 2 | The porter , whom he had swept past at the entrance to the close , hurried up , his peaked cap rattling to and fro on his small head . |
| 3 | ‘ Aye weel , ’ the landlord struggled after him , scrubbing his hands up and down on his apron . |
| 4 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down on his seat with laughter as he had done in the car at Amsterdam . |
| 5 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 6 | It 's worth having one just to see the expression on your enemy 's face as the Giant jumps up and down on his cherished troops . |
| 7 | So I 'll jump up and down on his metaphorical toes and see what happens . |
| 8 | I pulled up and down on his cock . |
| 9 | [ Ah , there goes my chaplain again , jumping up and down on his stool . |
| 10 | Each professor has a right to money and manpower resources depending only on his level of seniority and not on his track record in research . |
| 11 | The principle of bankruptcy law was that the debt was essentially a charge on the debtor 's property and not on his person . |
| 12 | A picture of a skin handcuffed to a policeman showed the message ‘ Made in London ’ tattooed fairly and squarely on his forehead , his face screwed up and two fingers raised to the camera . |
| 13 | He has to practise using buses and trains , perhaps going first with the carer , then with the carer following , and finally on his own . |
| 14 | The Men were progressing up towards them and were just about to reach Woil who , as usual , was swaying back and forth on his stance with a pleasant expression on his face as he intoned , ‘ Lovely Men , so good to me , so generous to Woil who is good and never tries to hurt you . |
| 15 | ‘ Starttheengine , starttheengine , starttheengine , ’ murmured Dorcas , rocking back and forth on his heels . |
| 16 | On the plaintiff 's refusal to pay seizure took place , and thereafter on his solicitor 's advice the plaintiff paid under protest . |
| 17 | He has very fine hair , resting timidly and lifelessly on his skull . |
| 18 | Suddenly , with a heave that shook the floor , Lachlan flung himself over and up on his feet . |
| 19 | He was then questioned about his arrival time at the theatre and also on his route there from his lodgings . |
| 20 | It does , however , provide a useful introductory focus on Hilton 's breadth of appeal , and also on his understanding of the terms " active " and " contemplative " as they appear in the more sophisticated books of The Scale . |
| 21 | She had woken earlier even than usual , with Tom beside her , sleeping contentedly and openly on his back . |
| 22 | Dean Jones lost no time in demonstrating his ability to hit the ball hard and often on his competitive debut for Durham , but the boundaries he scattered around and beyond the ropes during their Sunday League win over Lancashire were no more impressive than the speed with which he hurtled the singles and made ones into twos . |
| 23 | And here on his desk , just under his hand , was another message from Jean to bear out this thought : Chief Inspector Salter is very anxious to see you . |
| 24 | By the time he was 17 , he was a student at Trinity College , Dublin , having already spent a semester or two at Yale , and well on his way to becoming an alcoholic . |
| 25 | He was eligible too , and well on his way to being rich . |
| 26 | When he returned the stranger was rocking back and forwards on his chair , his heels on the edge of the table . |
| 27 | Smith started humming ‘ Danny Boy ’ again and rocked backwards and forwards on his immense black brogues . |
| 28 | In 1929 he went into management with Lady Mary Wyndham [ q.v. ] and then on his own . |
| 29 | His most important contract ( first with another carpenter , John Ball , and then on his own ) was for the deepening and wharfing of the Fleet ditch , an enormous task which employed 200 men , took two and a half years to finish ( 1672–4 ) , and brought him a gift of plate worth £200 from the City on its efficient completion . |
| 30 | She put her arms around Erik 's neck , and kissed him — kissed him slowly and lovingly on his ugly mouth . |