Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] he [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Akehurst 's passion for the subject of international law led him to embark on the writing of what became a standard student textbook , A Modern Introduction to International Law . |
| 2 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 3 | The Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge asked him to report on the work of its schools at the same time . |
| 4 | French television showed him lying on the station platform with the toilet wrapped around his arm . |
| 5 | New FAD Andy puts down his Guardian crossword , sinks his whiskey and suggests relocating to a Real Ale put he knows on the city centre 's crumbling outskirts . |
| 6 | Though no world-beater in the trailblazing Thompson mould , he emerged as Britain 's number one decathlete last summer , taking the bronze medal at the World Student Games in Sheffield and claiming the sole British place for the World Championships in Tokyo , where a hamstring tear forced him to withdraw on the eve of competition . |
| 7 | Before he left , the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline asked him to report on the treatment of convicts in Van Dieman 's Land . |