Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] he [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A return to five furlongs should see him back on the winning path . |
| 2 | Yeah , he was on it some time and Charles and they 'd put him back on the ward becau when John last saw him , cos he , John was visiting er , used to be having treatment or something at |
| 3 | Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him . |
| 4 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 5 | ‘ T is true that releasing Stephen will put him back on the throne , but our army can do nothing without my Lord of Gloucester at its head . |
| 6 | Well you can pick him up on the way then could n't you ? |