Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] him on the " in BNC.
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1 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |
2 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
3 | What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . |
4 | He was hoping , no doubt , to be told that Mr Wilcox was n't in yet , so that he could leave a message for Vic to ring back , thus putting him on the defensive , knowing that his divisional chief knew that he , Vic , had n't been at his desk as early as him , Stuart Baxter . |
5 | Jurors decided that he assaulted his brother , Robert , 30 , to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life by shooting him , pinning him to the ground and repeatedly hitting him on the head with bottles . |
6 | He would badger him about anything , often hitting him on the least pretext . |
7 | He had to — they were doubtless watching him on the closed-circuit television . |