Example sentences of "he had [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And he had to put on a brave face as he manned the tombola stall at a primary school Christmas bazaar where his children Adam , seven , and five-year-old Amber were among the revellers . |
2 | What was this sudden panic round his heart ? — as though he had stepped on a rotten floorboard and it had fallen through . |
3 | It was just one hundred and seven days since , sailing from exile in Elba with a mere thousand men , he had landed on an empty beach in southern France . |
4 | Eden began his premiership in a businesslike fashion even though he had decided on an instant election . |
5 | He had to rely on a kind-hearted local butcher who gave him two chickens a week to build up his strength . |
6 | We checked all but our oilies , hand baggage and briefcases into the airport lock-ups , and after what he had said about the weather , I was glad to see , when we got to the car desk , that he had laid on a four-wheel-drive land-cruiser . |
7 | This was a clear breach of the understanding on which he had come on a joint mission to the pope . |
8 | He had embarked on a serious and very likely dangerous undertaking which , until its conclusion , must precede anything and everything in his life . |
9 | Although it may not have been related , within a month he had crashed on a bad weather approach , killing himself and his friend . |
10 | Mah Bow Tan was confirmed as Minister for Communications , a post he had held on an acting basis since July . |