Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already under a probation order for attacking a songwriter the previous year , he found himself on another assault charge . |
| 2 | He re-emphasised it on another occasion : ‘ I identify with this notion … |
| 3 | Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man . |
| 4 | He was an assiduous and permanent gambler of modest sums , He told me on one occasion that any year in which he did not win £1,000 was by his standards a failure . |
| 5 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 6 | he models himself on Dirty Den |
| 7 | Mr Creme believes Christ has already come again — came a few years ago actually — and is now residing in the Asian community in London , waiting for a more receptive attitude from the press before He shows Himself on worldwide television , when ‘ He wo n't actually speak , but His thoughts , His ideas , His call to humanity , will take place silently , telepathically . ’ |
| 8 | He kisses her on both cheeks . |
| 9 | I am sorry , but the Prime Minister — I am sure without any intention — is not right about the way that he expressed himself on that point . |
| 10 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
| 11 | Nervously reading from a statement , she said : ‘ He kissed me on both cheeks and placed his hand on my waist . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're getting my postcards , are n't you ? ’ he asked as he kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 13 | Becoming very attached to this curious animal he took it on extensive travels until its death . |
| 14 | And I told him what me problem was and what he ended up doing was , he put me on six Valium a day , which did no help whatsoever , y'know what I mean . |
| 15 | He invites everyone on this journey of discovery into the potential for interspecies communication . |
| 16 | Yeah , he catches himself on all sorts of things . |
| 17 | While they scavenged rotten vegetables from the rubbish tip , he gorged himself on imported delicacies . |
| 18 | Ben he spotted me on these occasions he invariably called out some mocking remark and if he happened to be with some of his cronies they all joined in the laughter at my expense . |
| 19 | She was clean and decent and he wanted her on any terms . |
| 20 | He feeds them on newly-hatched brine shrimp right from the start and achieves a size of half an inch within a month . |