Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her .
2 Then he tried it on his own
3 He caught me on my right thigh , my left foot came down and I did the splits .
4 He sort of stood there , and then , after we 'd recognised him , he threw himself on us both , hugging and kissing us .
5 Mr Waldegrave 's constituency agent in Bristol West , Philip Stephenson , says : ‘ I do n't know why he wears it on his right hand .
6 But Lord Justice MacDermott did not impose any conditions when he released them on their own bail of £100 .
7 He kissed her on her lined cheek .
8 He placed it on his thick wiry hair and cocked it slightly to one.side .
9 And they never won nothing and they were made redundant last week and one of the chaps he did it on his own this week and won three hundred thousand .
10 He wanted it on his own terms .
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