Example sentences of "he have [verb] on his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For his part in a week-long happening at Glasgow 's Tramway Theatre in early May — ‘ an exploration around the body , halfway between theatre and sculptor ’ — he has drawn on his own private nightmare . |
| 2 | He rubbed it between his fingers , staring with admiration , then sank , cross-legged , near my chair , the way he 'd done on his first night . |
| 3 | He 'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols . |
| 4 | It was advertising mail , like most of that which he 'd opened on his first visit and later burned in the forest . |
| 5 | He 'd climbed on his own , level after level , way up through clanking , pounding , smoking factoryland ; which had n't been easy . |
| 6 | In 1906 , he married a widow he had met on his first Australian tour in 1887–88 , and after becoming secretary to Neasden Golf Club , he took £300-a-year sinecure as secretary of Queen 's Club , for his stockbroking activities had not flourished . |
| 7 | He met Agnes , the brazen lady-in-waiting , whom he had met on his last visit to Kinghorn . |
| 8 | He had auditioned on his own stubborn initiative , although people had warned him that because of his colour he was wasting his time . |
| 9 | As he waited for the executioner , he was dressed in the blue suit that he had worn on his last public appearance . |
| 10 | He presumed the noise came from the same motorbike he had seen on his first day at school and he asked Mould about it . |
| 11 | But it can also be misleading , for its strength is partly reinforced by the Cardinal 's self-confidence and the place he had reached on his spiritual pilgrimage . |
| 12 | For the present Posidonius had little choice : he had to rely on his illustrious friend Pompey . |
| 13 | Bumbler the man might be , but his unaffected tenderness reminded Agnew of the care he had lavished on his own wife in her dying days . |
| 14 | While visiting his house , Gould 's ever-watchful eye was drawn to a large collection of watercolours painted by Sturt of parrots that he had collected on his various excursions . |
| 15 | Of the drought he had experienced on his last visit , Gould wrote that , ’ It is easier for the imagination to conceive than the pen to depict the horrors of so dreadful a visitation . ’ |
| 16 | They might also have been superfluous because he was now saying he had succeeded on his own . |
| 17 | And then again this morning he had another business engagement , but this time a different one , apparently , for he had put on his best suit and bowler hat and his black top-coat . |
| 18 | He had put on his best button down shirt and striped tie , which together with the tailored worsted slacks had annihilated his clothing coupons . |
| 19 | If they had known , people might have said he was a reformed character , but nobody had known much about his bad ways because he had worked on his own . |
| 20 | He had pulled on his fur-lined parka ready to brave the elements . |