Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing he had thought of when he awoke that morning was that it was his mother 's birthday , 25 May , and he had been thinking about it ever since , as he always did on that day . |
| 2 | On the few occasions when I had ventured a criticism , he always picked on some word or expression I used to prove his point , claiming that it was a subconscious betrayal of my true nature and my real thought . |
| 3 | Although Gould might have increased his funds through sponsorship , he wisely insisted on remaining independent of any institution , reserving the rewards of his labours for no one but himself . |
| 4 | And I mean this one that Miss Clark 's mentioned he probably died on active service through wounds or something like that . |
| 5 | He later went on national television to state that he would stand down unless his new government gained public backing . |
| 6 | He later worked on American television documentaries , photographing combat in Korea , Malaya and Indo-China . |
| 7 | Naturally , he listens to recommendations from the local councils , as he clearly did on this occasion , but he was absolutely right not to adopt all their suggestions . |
| 8 | He regularly lectured on new surgery techniques , and in 1980 he became an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons . |