Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael looked up from where he knelt on the floor in front of the old armchair , his books spread out on the chair . |
| 2 | No wonder he had his work cut out on the bench . |
| 3 | It was his grandmother he spent his fifth birthday with and that same year his parents went off on a tour of the Commonwealth , which took them away from him for six long months . |
| 4 | Meredith was sitting in the stalls with his feet propped up on the row in front . |
| 5 | At one end world superstars wrestling their megabucks motors round unnavigable corners at speeds to make your hair curl and , at the other end , Herr Kahlfuss and his chum tootling along on a nod and a wink . |
| 6 | BRITAIN 'S showjumping chief Ronnie Massarella was furious last night after his team missed out on the medals . |
| 7 | MICHAEL THOMAS will be handed the chance to set his Liverpool career back on the rails this weekend . |
| 8 | WHEN Tim Barranger and his wife set off on a shopping trip from their home in Ilkley , Yorkshire they asked the inspector on their train for the cheapest day-return ticket to Leeds . |
| 9 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |
| 10 | But Vinnie 's man with his head staved in on a patch of waste ground near Deptford Station does not get mentioned . |
| 11 | His skull cracked down on the steering wheel . |
| 12 | After repeated attempts to bring the shadow Cabinet around to his opposition to the ‘ permanent deflation and lack of democracy ’ implied in the Maastricht Treaty , Mr Gould resigned from the shadow Cabinet on 27 September 1992 , saying that his wish to speak out on the Maastricht Treaty was incompatible with the burden of collective responsibility , and claiming that over one hundred Labour MPs supported his position . |
| 13 | Beating off an ambush by ‘ eighty infidels on foot ’ , he and his train headed off on the last stage of his journey through the burning plains of the Punjab towards the mighty Indian capital and the palace of the Sultan . |
| 14 | Jess the collie was a laid-back sort of hound who spent most of his life stretched out on a fireside rug in his large Surrey home . |
| 15 | As his hand was crushed down onto the red-hot ring again , Connelly 's body jerked convulsively and so savagely that the man holding him up was almost knocked off balance , but he stood his ground while his companion pressed down on the limb . |
| 16 | Like the living-room upstairs his studio looked out on the harbour . |
| 17 | Light from the desk-lamp fell on his hands spread out on the blue blotting-paper , thin hands with thin fingers , only half the size they would become . |
| 18 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 19 | At home on stage live , his enjoyment comes over on the album which has no extra studio gloss to them . |
| 20 | When we signed him his ability to go out on the wing , but then at sheffield they had someone in the middle for the cross . |
| 21 | His mother trundled around on the edges of his thoughts and he tried to push her away . |
| 22 | Tony is er Professor of Economics at Cambridge and is a world renowned luminary in economic circles and er he 's , he 's here for the next week as a special professor and er is giving a number of lectures er most of which are open to , to all , to all students and he is a very famous economist , very clever chap you know if you can get to see him I , I 'd reco I 'd recommend it erm presuma there may be a sort of programme of his visit stuck up on the student notice boards erm , if there is n't er he 's giving a , a lecture tomorrow two o'clock in B seventy four and that 's , that 's if , he is going to be talking to the M A students er taking Economic Development and Policy Analysis and his topic there is comparing income inequality and poverty in Europe erm so if you , you know , if you are free tomorrow at two it just might be interesting to go along to , feel free to go to B seventy four tomorrow at two o'clock . |
| 23 | Leeman plugged away with constant strikes and both his colleagues joined in on the 17th end when continued Brackley accuracy brought the game to a premature conclusion . |
| 24 | Moxon snipped off the padlock , his partner went in on the roll , coming to his feet on the dusty floor inside the barn with his handgun drawn . |