Example sentences of "on his [noun] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually I 'm keeping the Australian connection in reserve for what I hope will be a final , knock-out blow , ’ Ross added , before snapping shut the locks on his suitcase and lifting it off the bed . |
| 2 | ‘ That is not the point of Helmut 's creation ! ’ she said loudly , stamping on his foot and turning her bum out of range of his enveloping coat . |
| 3 | Undercover officers are keeping a 24-hour watch on his home and bugging his telephone conversations , he claims . |
| 4 | Often it will be worded so as to constitute a contract of indemnity under which the dealer must make good any loss suffered by the finance company in the event of the customer defaulting on his payments or terminating his agreement . |
| 5 | One of them proposed arresting him as he lay on his bed and taking him off to prison with all the bedclothes . |
| 6 | After he 'd taken out the bread , I took him back for lunch and he rested as usual in the afternoon , lying on his bed and listening to the radio . |
| 7 | If Marcus was sitting on his bed or walking about the room or looking out of the window , Ludens would sit near him either on a chair or else on the floor his knees up , his back against the wall . |
| 8 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |
| 9 | Blagg was lying flat on his back but bulging out of a small single bed that itself crowded the tiny room . |
| 10 | One man was lying on his back and cycling with his legs , rather like Badger , while a figure that Robert recognized as Aziz 's friend from the Frog and Ferret was doing a lot of semaphore work with both arms . |
| 11 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 12 | This showed that the way he used himself when reciting had a marked effect on his voice and breathing . |
| 13 | That damned buyer with honey on his voice and whoring in his heart … |
| 14 | Of medium height and strong build , Hobhouse ( despite his hay fever ) was much given to outdoor activities , undertaking long expeditions on his bicycle and riding to hounds with a recklessness that sometimes resulted in personal injury . |
| 15 | She got up , and seized Bob as he moved between table and oven , putting her face down on his shoulder and hugging him fiercely . |
| 16 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 17 | At his Connecticut farmhouse he divides his time between illustrating books , designing operas based on his work and arranging plays for his Night Kitchen Theatre Group for children . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Like Irenaeus , Epiphanius condemns the Ebionites or Nazareans for denying the Virgin Birth , teaching that Jesus was a man born of men , declaring that Jesus became Messiah only on his baptism and using alternative versions of the Acts of the Apostles . |
| 20 | At last he was on his feet but moving with difficulty , sharply drawing in his breath as pain shot through him . |
| 21 | Some of the veterans were on the point of giving tongue but young Donald McCulloch was on his feet and moving into the middle of the ring , he was full of himself , sparkling with mischief but with an undertow of ardour . |
| 22 | Then he was on his feet and moving away . |
| 23 | Jock was on his feet and leaning on the parapet of the trench . |
| 24 | At 17 , the Swindon student back on his feet and taking on new sporting lessons . |
| 25 | She was not very much surprised to see him on his feet and opening the door , but when he swayed and put a hand on the wall to steady himself she was unable to prevent her own hand going out towards him . |
| 26 | Swaying on his feet and feeling light-headed , he looked around for his knife . |
| 27 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 28 | But Duvall was already on his feet and heading for the office door . |
| 29 | Fogarty celebrated his long Schwantz style , by standing upright on his machine and punching the air with both hands as he crossed the finishing line . |
| 30 | John Lucas , the future philosopher , remembered being taught Greek grammar by Ramsey and sitting on his head while reciting Greek verbs . |