Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived right on the main road he was very vulnerable ! |
| 2 | ‘ He plays more on the left hand side which is not my favourite position , I prefer to play on the right . |
| 3 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 4 | A horse will soon become used to the excitement of a show provided that he goes out on a regular basis from an early age . |
| 5 | Edward did not create it from nothing , but he founded a new town — King 's Town — on the old site , which he manipulated especially on the western side . |
| 6 | We went swimming with Jonathan the other night and he got up on the top board and sort of and he was sort of like hanging on to the bar like this looking over |
| 7 | He levelled out on a parallel course . |
| 8 | He looks back on a stimulating and happy relationship with his fellow Board members . |
| 9 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 10 | But neither does he fall back on the traditional liberal solution of improving educational provision , since he has no illusions about the difficulties of inculcating the civic virtues necessary for proper development . |
| 11 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 12 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 13 | He held another Council in May 1108 on the same model as the last , with a similar representation of lay magnates , but on this occasion he concentrated entirely on the administrative problems arising from his earlier decree against clerical marriage . |
| 14 | He dwelt especially on the insulating and prophylactic properties of excessive flesh , remarking at one point , ‘ Without the upholstery of embonpoint the body is a mere skeletal spring , ready to uncoil its very mortality . ’ |
| 15 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 16 | One man who could have a busy day on Sunday if he drops in on the above conference will be Michael Billington , the theatre critic of The Guardian . |
| 17 | He squirmed uncomfortably on the damp stone , and tried to look on the bright side . |
| 18 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
| 19 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 20 | Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes . |
| 21 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 22 | In the late afternoon , slow to go home , he dropped in on an elderly doctor friend and played tennis . |
| 23 | He passes by on the other side of the road and once he 's well past I pop up to watch him through the rear window . |
| 24 | At the other end of North Africa , on 8 November , Anglo-American forces had landed in Algeria , and Rommel had retreated right back to the Agheila position , where he dug in on the defensive . |
| 25 | He screamed as he landed heavily on the vibrating flagstones . |
| 26 | ‘ He will be satisfied if he gets back on the Irish team , but it is not possibility he could push himself right to the forefront . ’ |
| 27 | His ears burned hot : the exploding stars , he could almost smell the singe , hear the crackle ; seeing colours never seen , for , in his agony , caught in shock , screaming his tortured soul , he swung out on a new dimension . |
| 28 | Thomas went out , came back a moment later with an object draped in blue velvet which he positioned carefully on a low table . |
| 29 | He pulled up on the hard shoulder , switched off and got out . |
| 30 | With heart in mouth he pulled tight on the free end . |