Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A guardian would be assessed on the stock he was holding on behalf of his wards , as was Francis Brown of Little Casterton , Rutland , in respect of his four brothers and sisters . |
| 2 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 3 | If he knew the effect he was having on her traitorous senses , she 'd die of chagrin . |
| 4 | But Luke did n't seem to notice the effect he was having on her . |
| 5 | ‘ The moustache came to symbolise everything I hated about my character and the effect he was having on me and my marriage . |
| 6 | But then he realised he 'd lost the manuscript for a biography he 's writing on the nineteenth century painter James Whistler . |
| 7 | so , and then he was going on about the work he 's doing on the |
| 8 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 9 | ‘ Mike 's changed , ’ Laidlaw answered , staring at the beer can he was turning on the table . |
| 10 | Edwards , who ran despite a knee ligament injury during his successful record attempt , admits he does not like to dwell on the punishment he is inflicting on his body . |
| 11 | Surely she had some defence against the tantalising assault he was wreaking on her senses ? |
| 12 | All she knew was the assault he was launching on her mouth , his lips commanding , his tongue playful yet deadly serious . |
| 13 | The other he was tapping on his right thigh , slapping out a rhythm , perhaps the accompaniment to the tuneless refrain he was humming . |
| 14 | So Richie 's Hotline pocket phone became the channel for a very high level communication and all the while he was standing on the grass of the main grandstand . |
| 15 | But Berndt did n't know any of the layers of discomfort he was pressing on his new trainee . |
| 16 | And in yet another jiffy he was standing on the very edge of the great big dark Forest of Sin ! |
| 17 | Maxie withdrew himself reluctantly from the excitement of the football game he was watching on television . |
| 18 | He indicated the young woman he was dehumanising on the bed . |
| 19 | Since Mr Hull made it plain that he was not qualified to give an opinion about the painting 's authorship , the plaintiff 's employee must have realised that in proceeding with the purchase he was relying on his own skill and judgment . |
| 20 | With one hand he was gripping the knuckles of the other and the look he was bestowing on his wife was one of concentrated hatred . |
| 21 | We did have hopes of being re-equipped for this Tripoli show , ’ — by coincidence he was writing on the very day Tripoli fell — ‘ but they did n't materialise , so we shall have to seek the bubble reputation elsewhere . |
| 22 | ‘ The Commissioner 's giving a pep talk this afternoon about all the progress he 's making on this shooting . |
| 23 | Do you know , I went in there right and the majority of people never took no blind bit of notice then suddenly one person walked through the door , you know , he 's always playing next to me and he sits down , puts his trumpet there , gets his trumpet on ya , sits there , turns round and the next thing he were laying on the floor going |
| 24 | Practical support , too , was given in a number of ways — for example , the drawing office helped produce Mujadid 's maps and charts , while Roger Tucker 's exploration team in LASMO North Sea helped out with data logs , a base map and technical guidance for a project he was preparing on the Inner Moray firth . |
| 25 | By 1789 he was employing five assistants in London , his brother Robert , a solicitor in Edinburgh , was attending to his Scottish business , and in spite of his Presbyterian background he was working on Sundays to keep up with the pressure of work . |
| 26 | Simon Parsons was last in his semi but at the line he was closing on Vekic of Jugoslavia . |
| 27 | It was also an escape from the pressure he was putting on her . |
| 28 | Meredith was amazed that he could n't see that the old key would never stand up to the pressure he was putting on it . |
| 29 | My father again had to part with his men , but , armed with a shovel and a pickaxe he was working on Rye marshes to put up defences against an invasion . |
| 30 | When I came across Lovat he was lying on the ground . |