Example sentences of "he [is] [v-ing] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is travelling on his own , not part of any tour . |
| 2 | He is standing on his own two feet — on the face of someone else . |
| 3 | It 's a big responsibility which is very much on the trustees shoulders , he is , he is standing on his own there and it 's |
| 4 | ‘ Where a defendant in a civil action relies on the doctrine against self-incrimination and insists on remaining silent and on concealing documents and other evidence relevant to the action , he is relying on his own wrongdoing or on his own apparent or possible wrongdoing to hamper the plaintiff in proof of his just claims in the suit . |
| 5 | He 's sitting on his own now and whimpering . |