Example sentences of "[pron] he [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was badly injured when a rowing boat , which he took on the lake sank , because it had not been properly maintained by the Trust . |
| 2 | He says that he had considered many courses of action , this was one which he took on the spur of the moment . |
| 3 | Mr Gillis was nick-named the Butcher because in summer he wore a white trilby hat which he hung on the back of the door of his tiny glass-walled office in the corridor just outside the gymnasium . |
| 4 | ‘ Any person who on any premises — as aforesaid , carries on an offensive trade without such consent , if any , as at the date of establishment of the trade was required by subsection ( 1 ) of this section … shall be liable for a fine not exceeding £5 for every day on which he carried on the trade — after receiving notice from the local authority to discontinue the trade ’ . |
| 5 | Soon afterwards the headman came out of the inner room , carrying a plate of rice grains which he put on the ground beside him . |