Example sentences of "on his [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having played on his position as the injured party , Lewis has achieved a result that , even if he 's truly aggrieved , suits both he and Bowe . |
| 2 | The Duke 's position here was weak since he possessed no lands or castles of his own and he had to rely solely on his rights as the acknowledged overlord . |
| 3 | Berger watched the race for a while and it was tempting to speculate on his thoughts as the cars of his former employer , Ferrari , screamed by in second and third places , Alesi keeping a respectful distance behind his team leader . |
| 4 | She , it appears , is awaiting a particular suitor who is just not as fast on his feet as the others . |
| 5 | It 's obvious Peter has got himself into money difficulties and hit on the idea of producing a fiancée in order to get his hands on his share as the quickest way of solving them . |
| 6 | Where Marx turned Hegel on his head to create historical materialism , Toffler , argues , history turned Marx on his head as the informational determines the material . |
| 7 | Then a grinding and then all of a sudden Captain Pugwash fell flat on his face as the stone he had been sitting on swung upwards , revealing a dark space below . |
| 8 | No helmet , no visor , just his MCC cap with St George on his horse as the badge . |
| 9 | In a series of hit shows , including The Reluctant Debutante , The Chiltern Hundreds and The Kingfisher , he drew on his background as the son of the 13th Earl of Home . |
| 10 | NEWS At Ten editor-in-chief Stewart Purvis has walked out on his family as the programme 's marriage jinx struck again . |