Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on his " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that he never fought them on his own terms , always theirs , and it blinded him to the realisation that when all else failed , when all the appeals for ‘ fair play ’ fell on stony ground , that he could have utilised his mass following of workers to shake the ground beneath the Empire . |
| 2 | The only clues in the biographical sources which may give some positive result relative to the death date of Fahreddin Acemi arise from the statement in Taskopruzade 's article on him that Molla Ali Tins , visited him on his death-bed and heard his last wishes . |
| 3 | For a minute or two all conversation was silenced while Kalchu bounced him on his lap and muttered softly through his screaming . |
| 4 | Seb always felt vaguely uncomfortable when Melody caught him on his own . |
| 5 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 6 | Tasted her on his tongue , or smelt her on his skin . |
| 7 | He looked at the cigarette , almost burnt-out between nicotine-stained fingers , and stubbed it on his plate again and again until it was quite crumpled . |
| 8 | William gave up , but he tried it on his nan later , when most people had gone . |
| 9 | Then he tried it on his own |
| 10 | We were strolling along , laughing and joking , when Amelio , a kind of village clown who never seemed to take anything seriously ( and who was never taken seriously himself ) , approached us on his bicycle in a state of great excitement . |
| 11 | She lifted her legs and scissored them on his back . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she said , glad of the diversion , and pulling a handful of hay from the bed , dropped it on his face . |
| 13 | He retrieved a cap with ‘ Bahamas ’ in blue letters on the front , smacked it , dropped it on his head and squinted up . |
| 14 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 15 | He dried it on his sleeve and said , ‘ I 've a snapshot at home of myself aged ten wearing an Eton collar . |
| 16 | In his excitement , he took off his glasses and polished them on his pocket handkerchief , which was no longer clean . |
| 17 | She joined him on his forays into Covent Garden to collect the paper . |
| 18 | So when he rehearsed the scene he based it on his experience at the chemist 's , an example of his always having to make contact with a real , lived emotion . |
| 19 | Jim took the big book and opened it on his knees . |
| 20 | We thanked the boy , congratulated him on his English , walked back to the car . |
| 21 | I congratulated him on his home . |
| 22 | He loved being watched by Bathsheba , and felt warm with pride when she congratulated him on his speed . |
| 23 | When the Secretary of State made the equivalent announcement a year ago , I congratulated him on his promotion to the Cabinet . |
| 24 | Rogers found Killion and congratulated him on his work . |
| 25 | Knights as well as nobles took prisoners at Poitiers , and the Black Prince granted lands , offices and annuities to many yeomen and bachelors who served him on his campaigns in Gascony between 1355 and 1357 . |
| 26 | She came towards him , threw her arms around his neck and kissed him on his ruddy moustached face . |
| 27 | I said ‘ good night ’ and kissed him on his cheek but he did n't respond . |
| 28 | Gently , he brought his face down on to Joe 's and kissed him on his lips . |
| 29 | David Hagen , meanwhile , played from the start for the first time in Rangers ' colours and scored after he had knocked the ball over Tortolano 's head inside the penalty box , killed it on his chest and then struck a volley beyond Burridge . |
| 30 | ‘ He was quite temperamental because of his perfectionism , and he was always concerned that there was something he was not doing with the material ; in other words , he blamed it on his delivery . ’ |