Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv prt] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the poor woman died and his own son deserted him , the old man took his bitterness out on the little stepson left behind . |
| 2 | ‘ The ole cow saw me clump 'im frew the office winder an' she phoned fer the police , ’ he said as he put his mug down on the wooden table . |
| 3 | ‘ I told him about the tramp , and he thinks he might have started the fire by knocking his pipe out on the dry grass . ’ |
| 4 | Putting his glass down on the low coffee-table , Ashley sat quietly in a corner of the sofa . |
| 5 | He put his glass down on the circular table , and inspected the rolled up sun-shade that protruded from the centre of the table like an unopened flower . |
| 6 | But she wondered uneasily how long it would be before Tom himself finished with his patient over on the other ward and came back here . |
| 7 | Shutting the door , he put his candle down on the nearest chair and drew her across to the glow that streamed in from the setting sun . |