Example sentences of "[verb] on his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The instrument which Holly used on his last tour is on display in a music museum in Texas . |
| 3 | Forever talking about an important matter which he would discuss on his next leave . |
| 4 | Now he could concentrate on his first television situation comedy series . |
| 5 | Local residents can be helpful , as Allen Watkins found on his first ley walk . |
| 6 | The appalling hardship , primitive conditions , tremendous heat on the exposed rocky outcrop , and the omnipresent spice of danger which he encountered on his first experience of active service , appealed to the adventurous and the Spartan in Leslie , and salved the conscience that had irked him during his long training and frustrating inactivity at home . |
| 7 | So she concentrated on his last remark . |
| 8 | Following the completion of Rebel Without a Cause , Warners put him straight to work on his third movie , Giant , an epic directed by George Stevens and featuring a stellar line-up including Elizabeth Taylor , Rock Hudson , Sal Mineo and Carroll Baker . |
| 9 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 10 | He was named on his seventh birthday . |
| 11 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 12 | Norman has the adrenalin flowing for the Masters , and is confident he will improve on his last two visits , when he missed the cut both times . |
| 13 | ’ Its success gave Hardy the confidence to revive the manuscript of A Pair of Blue Eyes , put aside after the failure of Desperate Remedies , and embark on his first attempt at a serial , the form in which many 19th century novels originally appeared . |
| 14 | Yet for all this newfound hostility to the most lickspittle Press in the ‘ free ’ world , what did Dave Mellor do on his first day out of the Cabinet ? |
| 15 | He presumed the noise came from the same motorbike he had seen on his first day at school and he asked Mould about it . |
| 16 | In 1886 he came on his last lecture tour , managed by Pond , and at the invitation of Parker . |
| 17 | In 1906 , he married a widow he had met on his first Australian tour in 1887–88 , and after becoming secretary to Neasden Golf Club , he took £300-a-year sinecure as secretary of Queen 's Club , for his stockbroking activities had not flourished . |
| 18 | He met Agnes , the brazen lady-in-waiting , whom he had met on his last visit to Kinghorn . |
| 19 | He rubbed it between his fingers , staring with admiration , then sank , cross-legged , near my chair , the way he 'd done on his first night . |
| 20 | Leeds regained the advantage when Hanley crossed and Gallagher tagged on his fourth goal . |
| 21 | To give you an example , South African hooker Uli Schmidt will be going on his first tour . |
| 22 | Previously , 6 January had been celebrated as the Epiphany , or anniversary of Christ 's baptism , which was believed to have occurred on his thirtieth birthday . |
| 23 | A NEW TV detective will use breaks between programmes to embark on his first case — to track down investors in the latest sale of BT shares to the public . |
| 24 | In 1979 , when Lloyd Webber severed his links with both Tim Rice and his previous producers , the Robert Stigwood Organisation , to embark on his first solo venture , Cats , potential backers were suddenly thin on the ground . |
| 25 | It was advertising mail , like most of that which he 'd opened on his first visit and later burned in the forest . |
| 26 | An opening round of 76 had destroyed his hopes of improving on his second place behind Ian Woosnam the previous year . |
| 27 | HENRY ROLLINS ( left ) embarks on his first major spoken word tour early next year , in conjunction with the release of a double album of wry wisdom from the former Black Flag frontman . |
| 28 | Portadown-based Crowe , a close season signing by Bangor , embarks on his third successive European mission wiser in more ways than one from the Antwerp experience . |
| 29 | As he waited for the executioner , he was dressed in the blue suit that he had worn on his last public appearance . |
| 30 | Based on his last year 's , er , earnings , yeah . |