Example sentences of "his [noun] were [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His talents were wasted on the tabloid for which he worked . |
| 2 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 3 | ’ His eyes were fixed on the hint of plumpness under the girl 's armpit . |
| 4 | His eyes were fixed on the place where the path disappeared into the fog . |
| 5 | Roylott was sitting on a chair , and his eyes were fixed on the air-vent . |
| 6 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 7 | He was n't looking at me as he spoke , his eyes were fixed on the tatty door of the Mimosa . |
| 8 | Behind his Oakley sunglasses his eyes were focused on the inner drama of his own existence . |
| 9 | He and his ideas were portrayed on the London stage by G. B. Shaw in his play , The Doctor 's Dilemma . |
| 10 | Barrymore , the butler , and his wife were waiting on the steps at the main entrance . |
| 11 | A ghostly man and his dog were spotted on the station at the turn of the century and many people believe they are still around . |
| 12 | His forearms were lying on the desk and his skinny torso was framed by a proscenium arch of ring binders , set on shelves that marched up and over his head . |
| 13 | In dense jungle or tall grass the shooting was usually done from elephant back , a comparatively safe exercise except when a cornered tiger sprang at the howdah in which the shikari and his gun-bearer were poised on the elephant . |
| 14 | Of course somebody , Who Shall Be Nameless , would bring up the subject of Burns-And-You-Know-What , and how many of his children were born on The Wrong Side Of The Blanket , What Right Had We to look down on Brown Owl for her shotgun wedding when we were all supposed to look up to Rabbie Burns as Our Big Hero ? |
| 15 | His clothes were draped on the back of a chair in front of the fire . |
| 16 | Elkington denies that his recommendations were based on the BATNEEC principle ( Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost ) , at the expense of full environmental accountability . |
| 17 | It was his original idea ; his recommendations were used on the ‘ look ’ , and he even recorded some special ‘ whoops ’ for it . |
| 18 | The man and his brother were standing on the platform minding their own business . ’ |
| 19 | His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club . |