Example sentences of "[verb] on his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whined and shivered , and my young blood mixed on his slavering chops with gamey saliva and thick eye-mucus as he girned and looked shakily and pleadingly up at my father , who picked him up and strangled him . |
| 2 | Mariana beat on his shoulders , screaming at him to go back . |
| 3 | As the garrison watched him from the shelter of the verandah they could tell that the rain was having a bad effect on him ; he clearly did not like the way it beat on his head and shoulders raising a fine spray ; nor did he seem partial to the way it poured down the neck of his shirt and coursed down his trouser legs . |
| 4 | Zamora — he 's probably related to the guy Wayne beat on his Los Angeles debut five weeks ago ( who knows ? ) — hung in gallantly to weather the storm and was warmly embraced by McCullough at the finish . |
| 5 | Gabriel could see his own shadow , the shadow of his peacock wings , spreading out over them , and he felt the heat of the sun beat on his back . |
| 6 | If I am not able to visit the Western Isles in the near future , I shall certainly act on his suggestion that we should send a team of Scottish Office officials and that will be arranged as soon as is reasonably practicable . |
| 7 | If a client can not be regarded as a corporate finance client it does not mean that we can not act on his behalf . |
| 8 | Instead , they sensibly decided to avoid disputes and differences by jointly employing one average adjuster to advise them on how the loss should be apportioned and agreed to accept and act on his advice . |
| 9 | In fact , it was the sort of autonomy that Dustin had already won on his last two pictures , and would retain , much to many directors ' displeasure , in most of his future ventures . |
| 10 | His last appearance was in the Racing Post Chase which Rhyme ‘ n ’ Reason won on his way to National glory . |
| 11 | Adrian Stayte , 27 , was attacked on his early-morning round by the robbers , who fled empty handed . |
| 12 | I wan na jump on his face ! ! ’ ’ |
| 13 | I wan na jump on his face ! ! ’ ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I did ask him why he had n't let me know on his way there that he would be coming later . |
| 15 | Asterix inhabits a world of childlike innocence , peopled with characters such as Getafix , the venerable village Druid , Caco-fonix the bard and Vitalstatistix the brave chieftain , whose only fear is that the sky may fall on his head . |
| 16 | Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse . |
| 17 | The success of the new News at Ten will stand or fall on his relationship with the seven million plus viewers . |
| 18 | Cos something might fall on his head , yes , and he 's also he 's working on a building site and that 's the normal regulations . |
| 19 | In ancient times one regular performer apparently used to swallow stones and then make music by banging on his stomach . |
| 20 | The showdown between the two love rivals happened in the early hours of the morning , when the victim was woken by someone banging on his door . |
| 21 | Sam bounced on his face commiseratingly . |
| 22 | I 'VE never been so moved before as I was when I saw on TV the rescue of a boy who had collapsed on his way to a feeding centre in Somalia . |
| 23 | Picasso 's paintings are principally explorations of , or developments of matters internal to Las Meninas : the light , the perspective , the angle of Mariana 's head , the bobbing handmaids , echoed , for example , in the paintings of pigeons bobbing on his window sill , and so on . |
| 24 | He came out of a restaurant , his bags bobbing on his arm as usual , and spoke to two men in a darkened doorway . |
| 25 | Léonie did not want to watch Thérèse clamber on his knee , twist her blonde curls with one finger , ogle him . |
| 26 | Hector was laughing on his stool beside his grandfather 's chair . |
| 27 | ‘ Chris , that 's just one of the many strokes that Martinez has pulled in his time ; and he still goes laughing on his way to the bank with his twenty-five per cent commission . |
| 28 | Doyle rose on his haunches and checked the road . |
| 29 | But though the stream rose on his own land , he had not obtained the proper extraction licence and so got the water free . |
| 30 | Hazel rose on his hind legs , paused , and then sat back on his haunches , in full view . |