Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] [pron] on [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Jarvis opened the case he had brought on the vestibule floor , carried the typewriter into Remove , where he put it on one of the desks , and took his clothes upstairs . |
2 | I am sorry , but the Prime Minister — I am sure without any intention — is not right about the way that he expressed himself on that point . |
3 | She was clean and decent and he wanted her on any terms . |
4 | has n't been , he 's been even more desperate than to get a goal , but he got one on twenty one . |
5 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
6 | ‘ There was very little he could do about the horrendous injuries Cooper suffered in his two fights against Ali , but he saved him on countless other occasions with his quick , methodical work . ’ |
7 | ‘ You 're getting my postcards , are n't you ? ’ he asked as he kissed her on both cheeks . |