Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] on [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | he models himself on Dirty Den |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
| 9 | He invites everyone on this journey of discovery into the potential for interspecies communication . |
| 10 | He feeds them on newly-hatched brine shrimp right from the start and achieves a size of half an inch within a month . |