Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to improve on the work of the Polish physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit , but did not succeed — largely , it seems , because of the difficulty people found in following his instructions on how to construct his thermometer . |
| 2 | She lay watching his face as he tried to concentrate on the complexities of the novel . |
| 3 | That is absolutely all he has to say on the matter . |
| 4 | He declines to comment on the chances of the rest of the team , saying only that all have lacked the intensive training , with a sojourn in Japan , which they really needed . |
| 5 | He came to sit on the floor near her chair with his elbows on his knees , hands linked . |
| 6 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 7 | Grandfather James Hauxwell met Grandmother Elizabeth , who was a Bayles , when he came to work on the building of the reservoir , just below Low Birk Hatt . |
| 8 | A great politician is a man who does not interpret the world in which he intends to act on the basis of appearances … he is a man who is capable at all times of making sense of the various motive forces which combine to produce historical events , and which when analysed provide a perspective on the future . |
| 9 | Nor is he bound to gamble on the market changing in his favour . |
| 10 | With a kind of stolid tranquillity he began to reflect on the day 's work ahead . |
| 11 | Taking a ballpoint pen from his shirt pocket , he began to sketch on the paper table-cover . |
| 12 | He began to work on the body , aiming for the solar plexus all the time . |
| 13 | He declined to comment on the progress of his mission other than to say that his visit had been " very , very useful " . |
| 14 | He declined to comment on the parallel with the Oxleas case . |
| 15 | He declined to comment on the allegation that he had decided to leave in order to deflect a Justice Department inquiry into his finances . |
| 16 | It is evident that the deputy head soon realised that he had set himself an enormous task , despite the fact that he decided to focus on the work of three ‘ target ’ pupils . |
| 17 | Rather than asking children to describe what they did , he chose to focus on the time pupils took to record answers , using a keyboard . |
| 18 | He says that he managed to stay on the crest of the wave . |
| 19 | His shoulder and arm were broken , and with great difficulty he managed to climb on the back of one of his brave rescuers , and followed by the rest of the herd , reached his home . |
| 20 | He brought our conversation to an end by alluding once more to the past ; and in comparing the difference between his present achievements and the tribulations that had led up to it ( though he did not put it quite like that ) , he appeared to coin on the Spot an Epigram which , so far as I know , he never committed to print but of which there are echoes in The Family Reunion . |
| 21 | He liked to sit on the floor , but was careful not to do so too often . |
| 22 | It took a kind of genius , Godolphin had once remarked when talking about Bloxham ( he liked to report on the absurdities of the Society , particularly when he was in his cups ) to look so dissipated and have nothing to regret for it . |
| 23 | I urge the Secretary of State to say why , when business person after business person tells him , ’ Of course , we must have a single European currency , ’ he continues to insist on the opt-out that is so unrealistic and damaging to British industry ? |
| 24 | At first sight it would seem difficult to bring a restitutionary claim within this article , and Mr. Beazley 's case depends entirely on the construction which he seeks to put on the Court of Justice decision in Kalfelis v. Bankhaus Schrôder , Mûnchmeyer , Hengst and Co . |
| 25 | We had to take the photographs , he had to go on the pitch , did n't he ? |
| 26 | In doing so he had to rely on the police for manpower . |
| 27 | ‘ He was in a very difficult position , he had to rely on the prosecution to frame their charges properly . |
| 28 | He had to keep on the move … to Bethlehem House … and safety … from pursuit … from his enemy … from the pain … |
| 29 | To extricate himself he had to fasten on the strike notices which the TUC had sent out and demand their unconditional withdrawal as a prelude to further negotiations . |
| 30 | Gabriel said nothing , but he felt so ill that he had to rest on the gate for a moment . |