Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things , however , came to a head one day when a veterinary surgeon on his rounds , in a regulation Volvo estate , was alarmed to see Noddy tearing towards him on the wrong side of the road , in hot pursuit of a Transit van . |
| 2 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 3 | As Mr Mansell hesitated , Emerson Fittipaldi from Brazil and Arie Luyendyk from Holland zoomed past him on the main straight . |
| 4 | Governments would not be swayed , nor would ministers tremble , on receipt of elegantly crafted and crisply sarcastic Notes written by him on the antique encryption machine which could be seen in a corner of the office , slowly rusting away in the hot , salt air . |
| 5 | He had already acquired some ex-episcopal lands back in 1647–8 , in settlement of earlier debts owing to him on the public faith . |
| 6 | So he passed over and the trumpets sounded for him on the other side . ’ |
| 7 | I walked towards him on the stony track |
| 8 | When Simon the Trapper parted from him on the great north ride the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist , dragged up his gown a score of inches to free the movement of his lower legs , re-tied his girdle tightly , wiped his hands on the none too clean garment and taking hold of his staff set off up the highway in pursuit of his sack , of Marian , and of the verderers . |
| 9 | Eliot produced a single page of notes from his pocket which he placed before him on the small table and brooded over for a while ; but when he started , he managed to pack in , during 45 minutes or so , a great deal of sound sense on the subject of drama and especially on the relation of drama to religion . |
| 10 | It was of no consequence ; Garland knew every step of the way and Mitch trotted ahead , pursuing an erratic course as he nosed out the rich odours brought to him on the moist air . |
| 11 | Slowly , slowly he undressed her , kissing each patch of pale , smooth skin , as it was revealed to him , stroking her , touching her all the while , until she lay before him on the huge expanse of bed , in the lacy fragments of her underwear — the only barrier between Luke and her nakedness . |