Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] on his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lay still for hour after hour , naked beneath a sheet because of the heat and humidity , the mosquito net cast aside for air , too exhausted even to lift an arm to drive away the mosquitoes which constantly settled on his face . |
| 2 | His position was never seriously challenged , except once , when it looked as though the fiercely pro-Government , pro-Afrikaner , ‘ Broederbond ’ — dominated faction which then existed on his executive might oust him . |
| 3 | She put up a token resistance , but , knowing that she only existed on his sufferance , opened her mind to him and let him prowl . |
| 4 | Watson , who also scored on his Cup debut against Brentford , is the latest junior to rescue Spurs this season , following Nick Barmby , 18 , and Andy Turner , 17 . |
| 5 | ‘ You really trod on his pet corn before lunch , did n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | They later intervened on his behalf when he was investigated for criminal fraud , thereby opening themselves to allegations of having accepted bribes . |
| 7 | He eventually capitalized on his knowledge of Europe by publishing in 1796 both a set of five maps of the Rhine , Meuse , and Scheldt and a survey entitled A Developement of the Views and Designs of the French Nation , which sought to warn the English of certain French activities . |
| 8 | That he let her go , and that she was free of him so easily was a great relief , but she was shaken from the unwanted experience , and as he swiftly went on his way she turned round — but only to collide with someone else . |
| 9 | On 11 August a Dutch government surveyor , Captain Ferzenaar , made another examination of the island at close quarters , but he prudently stayed on his boat . |
| 10 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 11 | He just turned on his heel and fled . |
| 12 | For his own part , the prince would cheerfully have bedded down in the cramped military quarters he normally used on his periodical visits , but he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests , and the greater space and grace of the abbot 's apartments made approach to his own person easier , and brought more petitioners in search of his favour , which at once satisfied his thirsty sense of duty , and wore him out into childish sleepiness by nightfall . |
| 13 | But instead of looking at her , he was staring down at her hand where it still lay on his arm . |
| 14 | A king 's power depended , then , first and foremost on his capacity to recruit armies and to lead them ; it also depended on his position as supreme judge and lawgiver in his kingdom . |
| 15 | What he really needed on his side was some good old-fashioned redneck backing ; a few influential voices bellowing the Battle Hymn of the Republic and waving the Star-Spangled Banner in tightly clenched fists . |
| 16 | She said he then jumped on his victim . |
| 17 | I was glad to be Edward 's colleague and friend rather than suffering the indignities he subtly laid on his patron . |
| 18 | As Sixsmith ordered a gin and tonic , and as he amusingly expatiated on his weakness for prawn cocktails , Alistair found himself wryly but powerfully drawn to this man — to this tousled screenplay writer with his dreamy gaze , the curious elisions of his somewhat slurred voice , and the great dents and bone-shadow of his face , all the faulty fontanelles of vocational care . |
| 19 | At the surrender of Bergerac in August 1345 , for instance , Lancaster is said to have taken loot worth 52,000 marks , which he subsequently spent on his palace of the Savoy in London . |