Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [noun sg] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less , it was in London that he made his will on 8 April 1416 , characteristically dedicated to his kin , staff , and domestic servants . |
| 2 | He succeeded his father on 16 August 1549 , taking up thereby his first office , that of alnager of Surrey and Sussex . |
| 3 | He sought my advice on one or two matters where complaints were made against him of alleged libels , which I had no real difficulty in seeing off and about which he wrote me appreciative letters . |
| 4 | It would be useful to learn how he reconciles his vision on these matters with his work as a songwriter and performer . |
| 5 | It was while touring the United States with Fred Karno [ q.v. ] in 1912 that he tried his luck on American vaudeville , principally in a duo with his common-law wife , Mae Dahlberg , who suggested his stage name , Laurel , although he did not adopt it legally until 1934 . |
| 6 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 7 | And when she was unseated he turned his wrath on those he saw as traitors |
| 8 | George 's birth was not registered but his baptism was on 8 October 1858 and he celebrated his birthday on 9 September . |
| 9 | Because he was so far ahead in his first year , he spent his time on other things . |
| 10 | Christopher Robson ( countertenor ) has recently been electrifying audiences with his performances of Arsamenes in Xerxes at the English National Opera , and when he opens his mouth on this recording he may as well be plugging us all into the mains . |
| 11 | Thus the judge 's exercise of the discretion entrusted to him stands unless he exercised his discretion on some erroneous principle or he misunderstood the evidence or he was plainly wrong . |
| 12 | With Oliver Cromwell 's approval he took his seat on 7 February , bringing his legal and administrative experience to the task , and he attended all but a handful of recorded meetings between 7 February and 5 December . |
| 13 | If he saw his father on that occasion , Martin did not remember it ; all that remained whenever he thought about him was an oppressive feeling of fear and dread associated with this house that had seemed to him dark and prison-like , smelling of dust and disinfectant and wet towels and blocked lavatories — a kind of compound reek of disease and poverty . |
| 14 | He kept his gaze on one particular tree . |
| 15 | ‘ Could n't even tell you that , he kept his hat on all the time . |
| 16 | He put his head on one side . |
| 17 | Then he put his head on one side and looked at Albert in an expectant way , like a dog waiting to be given a biscuit . |
| 18 | She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side . |
| 19 | He put his head on one side , but kept a straight face . |
| 20 | He put his head on one side again . |
| 21 | He put his head on one side . |
| 22 | He put his head on one side and regarded her . |
| 23 | He cocked his head on one side . |
| 24 | He remembered her painting on brown paper when it rained . |
| 25 | First of all erm he justified his view on environmental considerations as as considered by the City Council , I think we would say , the County Council , that one of the main considerations that has brought us to the conclusion that we have are environmental considerations , the environment of York and its immeding immediate surroundings , the protection er of the York greenbelt , environmental considerations have been er at the most er in our minds . |
| 26 | He wrote his PhD on Conscious Argument and Unconscious Bias : a Source of Tension in the Dramatic Poems of Randolph Henry Ash . |
| 27 | He bases his argument on inefficient and corrupt managers who will be unable and unwilling to adopt the necessary business-like ethics needed to turn their companies round . |