Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] him on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The department sent him on an Assertive Course . |
| 2 | Again , Brian Harley hit a less-than-perfect drive , but his two-iron across the angle of the dogleg put him on the front edge of the green . |
| 3 | Owen 's reaction touched him on a sore spot ; and it was made all the sorer by an angry feeling inside him that there had indeed been incompetence , Egyptian incompetence , that he , Mahmoud , was ultimately responsible for it — and that there was absolutely nothing that he could in practice do about it . |
| 4 | These two seemed friendly enough , but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive . |
| 5 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |
| 6 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 7 | The defendant , who paid £10 per deal , said that the amphetamine put him on a high for an hour and that he used to escape pressures and worries . |