Example sentences of "on his " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the yet more gloomy expression on his normally lugubrious face it was evident that he had resigned himself to her companionship at least as far as his hotel perched up far above the sea . |
| 2 | Each district to be balloted to produce its squad for the six thousand , and if the ballot brings up your name , ’ he paused again and saw the hundreds of eyes fixed on his , ‘ then you must go off to the Army , or else pay £10 to hire a substitute . |
| 3 | She let her fingers linger on his and smiled . |
| 4 | During Mr John Major 's brief tenure he was made to look foolish on his one co-starring trip — the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur — by the Prime Minister 's repudiation of the South African statement he had negotiated . |
| 5 | During Mr John Major 's brief tenure he was made to look foolish on his one co-starring trip — the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur — by the Prime Minister 's repudiation of the South African statement he had negotiated . |
| 6 | She tightened her hand on his , and they sat holding hands for half a minute before Peter Yeo caught sight of his watch . |
| 7 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 8 | Draping her arms over his shoulders , she cradled his head in the palms of her hands , pulling him toward her to close a hungry , wet open mouth on his . |
| 9 | This year on his 100ha ( 250-acre ) Boomer Farm at North Petherton in Somerset , he has 44ha ( 110 acres ) of wheat . |
| 10 | He duly won the Washington International , but the race did little for harmony in transatlantic racing relations , for Lester Piggott 's handling of the colt provoked a bemused American press into heaping criticism on his apparently indifferent head . |
| 11 | Roirbak made sure the firm would act on his , and Crevecoeur 's , behalf by initiating procedures first thing in the morning . |
| 12 | Mr Peter Jowett , 43 , was found face down in a copse on his 1,000-acre Wiltshire estate on Wednesday night with a .38 bullet lodged in the centre of his back . |
| 13 | Mr Jowett , 43 , was found 30 yards from the trap on his 1,000-acre estate at Winterslow , near Salisbury , Wilts , on April 8 . |
| 14 | She put a hand on his , in her usual way of announcing herself , and he covered it with his own . |
| 15 | For all the hard work on his and Sir David 's part , however , this proved too harsh a deadline ; but then with Mr George 's conference ending yet again in indecision , his lordship set his sights on a further great conference scheduled to take place in Switzerland the following year . |
| 16 | But the collaboration was a predictable failure , and Coleridge , having written his own canto ‘ at full finger-speed ’ , found Wordsworth seated before a nearly blank sheet of paper with a look of ‘ humorous despondency ’ on his face.7sup5 ; A second attempt at joint composition followed almost at once , in the course of another tour , and although the two friends were no more successful than before at direct collaboration , a new and remarkable poem began to emerge none the less . |
| 17 | He strode out of the door , the buckles jingling on his highly polished flying boots . |
| 18 | In 1798 he exhibited No. 447 , ‘ Derwent Water from Castle Rigg ’ , and in 1801 , No. 649 , ‘ View from Kirby Lonsdale Churchyard Westmorland ’ , but this appears to be the last entry , probably because once he had moved to Ambleside he concentrated on his one man shows in the area . |
| 19 | But Mason insists on his ‘ entirely objective intentions ’ : the music is ‘ a guided tour around a chorus of the main English and Welsh lighthouses ( and Fog Signal characters and Equipment ) , from the Solway Firth to the Farne Islands , some of which were notated ‘ in the field ’ … each lighthouse is portrayed solo , in turn , with accompanying pre-echoes and after-images of the others ’ . |
| 20 | danced on his chest and sat on his |
| 21 | Her eyes , unshadowed , intelligent , were unmoving on his . |
| 22 | It is important that the horse is warmed-up properly before he starts on his cross country round . |
| 23 | Ted Winters ' , on his 13th. sortie over the island . |
| 24 | Chairman of selector Ted Dexter has called Jarvis 's shock selection for the tour a ‘ hunch ’ and the controversial bowler knows there 's a lot of pressure on him to stay fit and improve on his admittedly modest international record — 14 wickets in six Tests at over 50 runs each . |
| 25 | Later he would see Hugo 's Quasimodo as having a direct bearing on his as yet unformed philosophy of ugliness , and he remembered a saying : ‘ In my soul I am beautiful . ’ |
| 26 | By contrast , we see Tradescant lying on his newly sheeted bed , washed and with beard neatly trimmed , wearing a superfine linen shroud of the highest quality , the top-knot having now become nothing more than a small tassel attached to the linen itself . |
| 27 | Susy 's affectionate and gentle nature eased it on the one side , James 's common sense and recognition of Susy 's value to his life made it easier on his . |
| 28 | Lying on his uncomfortably narrow bed , he thought back to the events which had brought about his present state . |
| 29 | She had modelled her speech on his and asked him to correct her if she said something wrong . |
| 30 | Claire offered her cheek and then planted a hard kiss on his . |