Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] he [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject . |
| 2 | Half-blinded by blood from his cuts , he put the plane into a dive and somehow managed to land the right side up — despite the appearance of a third enemy plane which tried to polish him off on the way down . |
| 3 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 4 | He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price . |
| 5 | Depending on this year 's crop of foals , Jonadab was hoping to send him out on the road in the following spring . |