Example sentences of "[verb] on his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whined and shivered , and my young blood mixed on his slavering chops with gamey saliva and thick eye-mucus as he girned and looked shakily and pleadingly up at my father , who picked him up and strangled him . |
| 2 | In fact , it was the sort of autonomy that Dustin had already won on his last two pictures , and would retain , much to many directors ' displeasure , in most of his future ventures . |
| 3 | But though the stream rose on his own land , he had not obtained the proper extraction licence and so got the water free . |
| 4 | Hazel rose on his hind legs , paused , and then sat back on his haunches , in full view . |
| 5 | John Shaw , who entered on his new farm on the Oa was given a complimentary day 's ploughing and James Hutson his annual day . |
| 6 | TV busybody Loyd Grossman says he would think twice about appearing on his own show Through The Keyhole . |
| 7 | The hedge was fast approaching , looking too big , far too big for Buttons to jump on his own . |
| 8 | The second , Anthony Patrick Gorman , 22 , known as ‘ Fanta , ’ has the letter F tattooed on his left arm . |
| 9 | Another six inch long wound on his stomach is not as deep , but the area is badly swollen and he has another inch deep wound on his front leg where the knife was stuck in . ’ |
| 10 | The Bible is the same that Coleridge used on his many preaching visits to the chapel |
| 11 | For it was Whitby built ships ‘ Endeavour ’ , ‘ Resolution ’ , ‘ Adventure ’ and ‘ Discovery ’ which Cook used on his great voyages . |
| 12 | The instrument which Holly used on his last tour is on display in a music museum in Texas . |
| 13 | Larry Parks is remembered for being one of the first to inform on his Communist friends before the committee , better remembered perhaps than he is for impersonating Al Jolson in two films which made him , at that time , a star . |
| 14 | He capitalized on his Olympic success by lauding himself , pronouncing himself ‘ The Greatest ’ , and arrogantly winning the world title under the most outrageous circumstances . |
| 15 | At which moment , the Editor , a young man from Glasgow , who seemed to bear on his narrow shoulders guilt for all the sins of the Western world , emerged from his office and was off to lunch with a left-wing Labour M.P . |
| 16 | who is never led but stands on his own ground , |
| 17 | Its owner wants to concentrate on his other , unrelated major business retail interests in Cleveland . |
| 18 | After the release of the lacklustre concert album , Big Time , in 1988 , Waits virtually withdrew from music to concentrate on his burgeoning movie career . |
| 19 | Despite her apparent composure , their exchange of words had left her feeling scalded , and she had to make an effort to concentrate on his quiet , clipped syllables . |
| 20 | If he does retire to concentrate on his medical duties it will be a big loss . |
| 21 | Ten years later he quit as a parish priest to concentrate on his pro-life activities . |
| 22 | ROGER Flanagan , former sales and marketing director for equipment supplier Masters & Andren , has left the company to concentrate on his own consultancy GP Consultants . |
| 23 | In 1840 Hackworth left the Stockton and Darlington Railway to concentrate on his own engineering business , conducted from new workshops at New Shildon , where locomotive , marine , and industrial engines and boilers were built . |
| 24 | John will have more time to concentrate on his architectural interior design business . |
| 25 | Forever talking about an important matter which he would discuss on his next leave . |
| 26 | Today , fun and the pursuit of Hollywood provide the cues — even in the Oxford Union , where Warren Beatty was recently quizzed on his sexual preferences . |
| 27 | Sweetman drew on his fancy cigarette , then blew a plume of smoke into Wavebreaker 's rigging before smiling lazily at Ellen . |
| 28 | Among the many exhibitions organised by Bean was ‘ Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Musée du Louvre , Paris ’ , which drew on his professional links with the Louvre Bean had worked at the Cabinet des Dessins as Chargé de mission à titre étranger from 1957 to 1960 . |
| 29 | Nigel always worked best when he drew on his own life . |
| 30 | Relying on the Bible , Roman law , and the classics to explain what ought to be , John also drew on his own experience to describe the contemporary scene . |