Example sentences of "on his [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disappointed at the value put on his company by the stock market , which compared it with other electronics groups , he decided to spin-off Vodafone and Chubb . |
| 2 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 3 | Although the jury heard eight hours of videotaped testimony by Reagan [ see p. 37241 ] , the former President was often confused and vague about operational details and did little to shed any further light on his involvement in the affair . |
| 4 | Stich , Wimbledon king two years ago , unleashed nine aces , and was only in trouble on his serve in the opening game of the match , when he saved three break points . |
| 5 | Stich , Wimbledon king two years ago , unleashed nine aces , and was only in trouble on his serve in the opening game of the match , when he saved three break points . |
| 6 | Like the Dvořák , this performance has all the intensity and thrust of a live recording ( and how delightful , too , are the pictorial elements ; the errand boy whistling on his bike in the opening movement , for instance ) . |
| 7 | N.Z. A Weak Heart : Roddie on his bike in the evening , with his hands in his pockets , doing marvels by that dark tree at the corner of May Street . |
| 8 | She was also clutching his knee and he was swinging her up on his foot at every step and she was screaming and laughing . |
| 9 | He congratulated Ortega on his conduct of the elections and called for a ceasefire in the contra war , stating that " given the clear mandate for peace and democracy there is no reason for further military activity from any quarter " . |
| 10 | He was leaning on his spear by a pool , a green cloak drifting round him , a silver helmet on his head , his gaze bent on the dark ring of water . |
| 11 | Harry lay all day long on his bed without a word to anyone who came in to him , and would not touch food or drink . |
| 12 | She was sitting on his bed with a blanket around her shoulders , trying on his flying-helmet . |
| 13 | Very likely he was simply lying on his bed in a state of dejection and , perhaps , of remorse for his massacre of " the possessions " which was now generally thought not to have been necessary . |
| 14 | His mother had been singing with a company playing in a northern seaside town and he had lain on his bed in the boarding house , biting his nails , sunk under a terrible inertia . |
| 15 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 16 | By the time of his third Melbourne Cup in November he had already won eight races as a five-year-old and had become a national idol , but the handicapper had shovelled ten stone ten pounds on his back for the Cup , so it was no disgrace when he could finish only eighth . |
| 17 | In the kitchen Tristan was lying on his back amid a litter of pans and dishes . |
| 18 | He was lying on his back with the sheet round his waist , one arm flung up over his head , and she could see bruises all down the underside of his arm and down his ribs . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ Gary ended up on his back with the cross bar on his chest area . |
| 20 | ‘ Pity you did that , ’ said Joe , and put the bruiser on his back with an iron right-hander to his jaw . |
| 21 | Charlie aged eight with a stinking cancerous hip who propelled himself flat on his back on a trolley made from a pram base , flipper-hands paddling , olive , oval face — too big , all their faces were too big — grinning with flickering contempt as he wound skilfully round Stephanie 's ankles , his foul air preceding him , and behind him decay and a whiff of disinfectant . |
| 22 | One was lying on his back on the stretcher and appeared to be badly wounded . |
| 23 | Sprawled on his back on the deck , he lay exhausted under a waterfall of waves breaking over the cabin top . |
| 24 | While the other patients crowded outside and Miss Sowerby tried to keep them in order , Alec motioned to the father to carry the boy into the ‘ ops ’ theatre and lay him down on his back on the operating table so that we could make a more detailed examination . |
| 25 | So Preston put his reservations behind him and his wrist in front and lay on his back on the sofa while Emily bounced on him . |
| 26 | Taff lay down on his back on the floor of the trench , oblivious to the mosquitoes and everything else and was soon snoring loudly . |
| 27 | Even as she was spluttering , Estelle straddled the older officer who was lying on his back on the floor . |
| 28 | Toby was lying on his back on the bed , smoking . |
| 29 | He landed on his back on the bed which was in the centre of the chamber below , and it collapsed . |
| 30 | Forget rolled on his back on the court in the seconds before Noah and other members of the team joined him . |