Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [pron] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 2 | God in heaven , he seemed to do nothing on this job but envy Boxer and his easy role . |
| 3 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 4 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 5 | When , for example , Myra played disappointingly in the Scottish Girls ' after having made so big an impact at the Scottish Championship at Lossiemouth , he had to take her on one side and explain that she was far too exhausted , physically , to be able to give of her best : " I told her that she had to learn to pace herself and decide which tournaments she felt to be important . " |
| 6 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 7 | She shook her head in exasperation , remembering his deception and total lack of sympathy , the way he had treated her on that first night , that following morning . |
| 8 | None of the bargeowners could afford to waste electricity , and the display was really intended for much later at night , but he had turned it on early to surprise and please them . |
| 9 | He had done it on one of the western stretches of the Central Line from North Acton to Ealing Broadway , a rather more hair-raising experience than this . |
| 10 | But he had to keep us on that . |