Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [noun pl] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only the hint of a similar tension in his husky tones as he laid his hands on the ledge of the pulpit . |
| 2 | He laid his hands on the chair arms . |
| 3 | He checked his bearings on the Loran . |
| 4 | " Tea , tea , " Salah said to us as he passed our seats on the way to the door of the bus . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards , ’ said Mr McKenzie outside court . |
| 6 | Outside the court , Mr McKenzie said : ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards . ’ |
| 7 | Athelstan swore that if he got his hands on the fellow , Cranston would have another murder to investigate . |
| 8 | He wiped his hands on a towel he had brought with him . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | When he concentrated his abilities on the grand and beautiful aspects of the Cumbrian landscape , William Green was a marvellous romantic painter . |
| 12 | as if this were not bad enough , he used his powers on the Commission of the Peace to attack their secular rights , in the name of social justice . |
| 13 | Dragging the last remnants of his determination together , he fixed his eyes on the dark , looming rock and thought , I will . |
| 14 | Putting his hands in his pockets , and trying to look as though he did this every day , he fixed his eyes on the target . |
| 15 | He fixed his eyes on the prophecy with fresh deliberation , denying himself the comfort of blinking to be certain he missed nothing . |
| 16 | He fixed his eyes on the cloaked figure and waited . |
| 17 | Michael Banks it always was who gazed grimly at the enemy submarine from the bridge , Michael Banks who ignored the smoke pouring from his Spitfire 's engine as he trained his sights on the alien Messerschmidt . |
| 18 | He dropped his sticks on the ground . |
| 19 | Leaving the engine running he drummed his fingers on the wheel . |
| 20 | Now he drummed his fingers on the edge of the shelf ; he looked bored . |
| 21 | He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel and waited . |
| 22 | He drummed his fingers on the desk . |
| 23 | To some extent he acted his subjects on the page . |
| 24 | He rested his elbows on the arms of the chair , steepling his fingers beneath his chin as he regarded her . |
| 25 | After turning the sausages and prodding the briquettes again he rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park , his eyes screwed up against the sun even though he was wearing a pair of prescription sunglasses . |
| 26 | A YOUNG doctor was attacked by two youths as he walked his dogs on a Middlesbrough housing estate . |
| 27 | He flexed his toes on the carpet . |
| 28 | Then he folded his hands on the tabletop , and waited . |
| 29 | Slowly he hung his trousers on a hanger , which he placed on the communal rail which ran through the dressing room . |
| 30 | He hung his trousers on a hanger . |