Example sentences of "he [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tide had risen a foot above the usual high water mark , and when they came to cut him free in the morning , they found him hanging on the outer wall — drowned . |
| 2 | The sight of him hanging on the Cross — are we really supposed to worship that , defeat and death ? |
| 3 | The only recorded royal tram ride in the first hundred years of Blackpool tramways occurred on 21 October 1937 , when HRH The Duke of Kent ( the present Duke 's father ) visited Blackpool to open Victoria Hospital , the lifeboat house and Princess Way , culminating in him switching on the Illuminations . |
| 4 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 5 | Gloria took it from him to hang on the back of the door . |
| 6 | Heaven knows whether he has it in him to take on the legacy of Melvyn Bragg in the 21st century , but he will give Artrageous ! the hip image a youth-oriented arts programme needs to convey . |
| 7 | Some time after , he heard from Dr J.B. Danquah , a lawyer and a mainline member of the intelligentsia , urging him to take on the job . |
| 8 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 9 | Often he takes on the legs-apart , guitar pose with Solowka mirroring his every move while massive grins threaten to slice their faces in two . |
| 10 | He takes on the role as band spokesman with relish and enjoys being interviewed , whether it be with the NME or a fanzine about to make its first appearance . |
| 11 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |
| 12 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 13 | Mr Gillis was nick-named the Butcher because in summer he wore a white trilby hat which he hung on the back of the door of his tiny glass-walled office in the corridor just outside the gymnasium . |
| 14 | The sharp cold , after his warm exertions , took his breath away for a moment as he hung on the stern of the canoe , but as soon as he had recovered his breath , the Commander struck out for the shore in a strong breaststroke that did not disturb the phosphorescence more than he could help , and barely ruffled the water . |
| 15 | How long will he take on the responsibility of a wife who is blind and helpless ? |
| 16 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 17 | Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed . |
| 18 | When he heard the bedroom door shut again he switched on the kettle . |
| 19 | He switched on the headlights as the car entered the M1 at Brent Cross . |
| 20 | And he switched on the set and went back to his desk , putting as much physical space as possible between himself and his employer . |
| 21 | Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes . |
| 22 | She swung her shapely legs inside and began talking as he switched on the ignition . |
| 23 | She watched him as he switched on the light by the bed and drew the curtains . |
| 24 | He switched on the torch — and froze . |
| 25 | As he switched on the torchlight on the dashboard and began to study the Glory 's manual , Jack again thought of Tina 's angry reaction to the idea that the Ram and Shepherd names might be linked . |
| 26 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 27 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 28 | He switched on the recorder briefly to record any distant sounds which would add atmosphere to those of the approaching train and the distant whistle of the engine . |
| 29 | The silence returned , and he switched on the light . |
| 30 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |