Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [noun] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He squandered his money on the indulgence of all his desires . |
| 2 | As Penry 's breathing quickened she pushed herself closer without shame , desperate to keep him with her , fired with triumph at getting her own way rather than with sexual response when he laid her flat on the bed . |
| 3 | ‘ And so should yourself be , too , Owen O'Clery , ’ he had muttered as he laid his fiddle-case on the opposite seat , curled himself up and was immediately transported to his own dreamland . |
| 4 | He laid his bike on the grass verge and went down to the water 's edge . |
| 5 | There was only the hint of a similar tension in his husky tones as he laid his hands on the ledge of the pulpit . |
| 6 | He laid his hands on the chair arms . |
| 7 | From time to time he checked his route on the map . |
| 8 | He checked his bearings on the Loran . |
| 9 | He centred his attention on the sovereignty of Parliament , the conventions of the constitution , and the rule of law . |
| 10 | He beamed his torch on the suds dispersing in the sand . |
| 11 | " Tea , tea , " Salah said to us as he passed our seats on the way to the door of the bus . |
| 12 | In doing so , he grazed his leg on an exposed tooth of his victim , and such a trivial scratch was ignored . |
| 13 | or his father , was inside and he got and he got his MP on the job |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards , ’ said Mr McKenzie outside court . |
| 15 | Outside the court , Mr McKenzie said : ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards . ’ |
| 16 | Athelstan swore that if he got his hands on the fellow , Cranston would have another murder to investigate . |
| 17 | He wiped his nose on the sleeve of his dressing gown and sniffed . |
| 18 | He wiped his hands on a towel he had brought with him . |
| 19 | He wiped his hands on the wet grass beside the grave and ordered the reluctant soldier back to secure the lid of the coffin and cover it with soil . |
| 20 | He wiped his hand on the cloth his Dad gave him and went into the living-room . |
| 21 | Though I should walk in the valley of the shadow of death , save me spasms , he ceased , and lying back quietly now , with no words teeming in his head , he wiped his hand on the ground . |
| 22 | He wiped his mouth on the back of his hand . |
| 23 | Whibley 's effectiveness can be measured by the fact that he retained his position on the Palace flank while assisting us from Southern League also-rans to 3rd Division champions , and to a dignified place in Division Two . |
| 24 | He cracked his head on the trapdoor beneath the golden pavilion and fell to the floor like a lopped tree . |
| 25 | P.C. Torney claimed that Hickson 's story was fabrication , and said the youth was prancing around the room at the police station , boxing and boasting of his prowess as a boxer … as a result of the boisterous behaviour , he caught his eye on a window-ledge . |
| 26 | Forcing his way through a gap in a hedge , he caught his hand on a thorn and saw beads of blood ooze from a long scratch . |
| 27 | To fight off a deep depression , he concentrated his thoughts on the larger picture , telling his wife at the end of September that " the " " Battle of Britain " " is now won … |
| 28 | When he concentrated his abilities on the grand and beautiful aspects of the Cumbrian landscape , William Green was a marvellous romantic painter . |
| 29 | He concentrated his attention on the trolley . |
| 30 | This was partly the result of sheer indecision : during the Abdication imbroglio of 1936 , for example , he admitted to an acquaintance that " he changed his mind on the subject several times a day " . |