Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speeding home to Maidenhead on his Lambretta he brooded on the exciting and slightly scary world of West Coast direct action , radicalism , Beat and homosexuality . |
| 2 | In support of this submission he relied on the recent decision of the House of Lords in Reg. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners , Ex parte T. C. Coombs & Co. [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 283 , 302F where the House of Lords held , in the words of Lord Lowry who gave the leading judgment in which the other Lords of Appeal concurred , that |
| 3 | But one also sees in the adoption of Havard the vivid contrast which existed between the clubbable Lewis liked by his friends and the figure he presented on the domestic scene . |
| 4 | When the Theogonist accompanies the Empire army into battle he rides on the mobile War Altar of Sigmar , a huge chariot which carries the sacred altar surmounted by a huge statue of a griffon . |
| 5 | ‘ Of its mode of nidification ’ , Gould wrote of the nightjar he found on the lower Namoi , ‘ I can speak with confidence having seen many pairs breeding during my rambles in the woods … |
| 6 | Will the right hon. Gentleman reconsider the generosity he bestowed on the former Leader of the House , the right hon. Member for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , who moved the guillotine motion on the original poll tax measure applying to Scotland ? |
| 7 | Seven days a week he works on the new ski lodge in the woodlands overlooking the valley , his private quarters little more than a sleeping-bag in a back room behind the new reception area . |
| 8 | A risk-averse individual would only be indifferent between transacting on the forward market and transacting on the future spot market if the terms he expects on the uncertain future spot market were sufficiently more favourable than the forward market to encourage him to take the risk . |
| 9 | Holding the cow 's tail he leaned on the hairy back and , empty-eyed , blew smoke from the pipe which like most farmers at a cleansing he had prudently lit at the outset And of course , since the going was heavy , it just would happen that the job took much longer than usual . |
| 10 | He experimented unsuccessfully with the ammonia-soda process ( later perfected by others ) , but for mass production of alkali he relied on the proven method invented by N. Leblanc , which generated quantities of hydrochloric acid . |
| 11 | To cheers and aahs he emerged on the far bank , shook himself and set off in dripping pursuit . |
| 12 | Eb could not scream for help , because his jaws were gagged with a handful of dirty cotton-waste , and every time he slipped on the wet paving-stones , they hauled him back to his feet with a blow and a curse , dragging him with them . |
| 13 | Larry covers ‘ working-class sport for the working classes ’ , one of his classics being the time he reported on the local-government elections in Westminster . |
| 14 | There is no danger of too many coaches spoiling the broth as far as the Hong Kong RFU is concerned though : Simpkin will have all the power he needs on the playing side . |