Example sentences of "he [vb past] on his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took on his new role supervising a training and selection course on Saturday at Jow Walton 's Youth Centre , Berwick Hills , Middlesbrough . |
| 2 | And when they got back he put on his working jacket with a sigh of relief and said , ‘ Well , that 's over . ’ |
| 3 | He put on his dark glasses as he crossed the other carpark , the one reserved for major executives . |
| 4 | He put on his dark glasses and smiled with only his mouth . |
| 5 | ( He put on his hurt face . ) |
| 6 | He carried on his lighthearted banter to the rigidly tense men . |
| 7 | He had gargled-with a powerfully pepperminted , snake-green wash , and , with a pair of tiny scissors he carried on his Swiss Army penknife , had cut the hairs in his nose . |
| 8 | Instead he carried on his own trade as a basket-weaver . |