Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Havis persuaded British Airways to let him ride along on a New York-to-London Concorde trip . |
| 2 | A horse will soon become used to the excitement of a show provided that he goes out on a regular basis from an early age . |
| 3 | He levelled out on a parallel course . |
| 4 | He looks back on a stimulating and happy relationship with his fellow Board members . |
| 5 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 6 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 7 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 8 | In the late afternoon , slow to go home , he dropped in on an elderly doctor friend and played tennis . |
| 9 | His ears burned hot : the exploding stars , he could almost smell the singe , hear the crackle ; seeing colours never seen , for , in his agony , caught in shock , screaming his tortured soul , he swung out on a new dimension . |
| 10 | Thomas went out , came back a moment later with an object draped in blue velvet which he positioned carefully on a low table . |
| 11 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 12 | Me , myself , and I. ’ After losing in the Gotcha Pro early that summer on the South Side of Oahu , he went off on a self-destructive bender . |
| 13 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
| 14 | He went down on a loose ball and my boot landed on him . |
| 15 | Once inside , he settles uneasily on an overstuffed armchair and peers politely , if a little wearily , through gold-rimmed granny glasses . |
| 16 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 17 | He launched out on a long story . |
| 18 | He sat down on a tiny painted nursery chair beside the bed . |
| 19 | He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train . |
| 20 | He sat down on a hard kitchen chair and stared hopefully up at Coffin . |
| 21 | He sat down on a white , tulip-shaped chair . |
| 22 | He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal . |
| 23 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 24 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |