Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] on his [adj] " 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 | It is impossible to prove that the rivalries thus engendered endured , or that the king subsequently failed to impose himself on his major followers , favouring some individuals at the expense of others , and allowing his officials to get out of hand , all at the expense of national unity . |
| 3 | Sister Paul , who was the author of several devotional volumes , wrote the special prayer : Heart of Jesus , grant that the eyes of the non-Catholic father of Thy little servants , Martha and Matilda , may be opened , that his tepid soul may become fervent , and that he may return to establish himself on his rightful hearth , Amen . |
| 4 | Something about him was beginning to needle her , challenging her to meet him on his own terms . |
| 5 | I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own . |
| 6 | ‘ Nearly a fortnight ’ , he complained , was spent in Sydney organising his journey to the other side of the Liverpool Range — that remote and tantalising region that had eluded him on his first visit to Yarrundi because he had had to return to his wife in Hobart . |
| 7 | Seb always felt vaguely uncomfortable when Melody caught him on his own . |
| 8 | Not sure enough to write it on his precious list . |
| 9 | Stone also wrote the film , basing it on his own experiences as a volunteer infantryman in the 25th Infantry ( ‘ Tropic Lightning ’ ) Division . |
| 10 | Then he tried it on his own |
| 11 | There had been little enthusiasm for the renewal of war in Scotland in 1332 , and apart from his victory at Halidon Hill Edward had scarcely distinguished himself on his Scottish campaigns . |
| 12 | As an ‘ old China hand ’ , Mr Bush apparently prides himself on his personal understanding in dealing with the Chinese ; and as a former CIA director , he is not averse to secrecy . |
| 13 | GULF WAR hero Major James Hewitt is a charmer who loves the high life — and prides himself on his royal friendships . |
| 14 | Auguste prided himself on his immaculate memory for all matters concerning meals for which he was responsible . |
| 15 | As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw Mait 's files in his house ; that 's what put me on his bad side , ’ the Doctor added hurriedly . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I hope it sustains him on his long journey into obscurity , because I intend to make sure Michael Stein never works in the travel industry again . ’ |
| 18 | Merrivale could have done it on his own when he was in there with her , and the gentleman who came in from outside did n't need a partner either . |
| 19 | He picked the hat up off the floor and put it on his own head . |
| 20 | Once again , Arthurian legend underlay the idea of the Order , but the adoption of the garter as its symbol was said in later years to have occurred when , at a ball at Calais in 1348 , the Countess of Salisbury dropped her garter and the king , who was rumoured to have been in love with her , picked it up and in the face of derisive cries from the onlookers put it on his own knee with the remark , ‘ Honi soit qui mal y pense ’ — shame upon him who thinks ill of it . |
| 21 | He became aware of the excessive beating of his heart , and remembered the attendant 's advice not to overdo it on his first visit . |
| 22 | St Michael could not do it on his own . |
| 23 | This was unusual , he almost never talked while he was working , but maybe he sensed that Jed wanted the silence filled and knew that Jed could n't do it on his own . |
| 24 | But he will not do it on his own . |
| 25 | Attendance at the ball indicated considerable standing in the adult world and he had a sudden savage desire to show his parents , who would be there , that he had made it on his own , without any help from them . |
| 26 | ‘ The first 20 minutes will be critical and , the way he kicks , Botha could beat us on his own if we give him the chances , ’ said Carling , whose assessment was backed by pack leader Brian Moore . |
| 27 | Li Shai Tung stood , leaning heavily upon the silver-headed cane he had come to use so often these days ; the cane with the dragon 's head Han Ch'in had bought him on his fiftieth birthday . |
| 28 | Did they follow him on his pub-crawl , clinically waiting until he became suitably juiced before switching on the camera ? |
| 29 | Mr Waldegrave 's constituency agent in Bristol West , Philip Stephenson , says : ‘ I do n't know why he wears it on his right hand . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got myself on his bad side as well , eh ? ’ |