Example sentences of "[vb base] his [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train driver Graham Lumsden , of Duke Street , Hartlepool , said he was driving the train from Port Clarence to Thornaby and was approaching the North Shore signal box , about a quarter-of-a-mile north of Stockton station , when he saw a dark-haired male dash out from some bushes and place his head on the line . |
| 2 | You want his summing-up on the human race , ten years before his death ? |
| 3 | Watching every movement , and she put him on and put his blanket on the ground and he was laying there in his handful of this and so she said come to me then and she put something on the floor she said well you know you go to it , I ai n't gon na give it to you and he 's she said well no , you 've got ta try ! |
| 4 | I catch his head on the tilt , and he rights it without shame , showing only a flicker of annoyance at not catching a snippet of a sight . |
| 5 | I recall his emphasis on the last eleven words — and how they struck chill into me at the time . |
| 6 | I stand his face on the boxes that represent the chair , propped up against the wall behind . |
| 7 | After having hear his discourse on the wonders of interchangeable brain chips and the lunar landscape just above the ceiling border in thirty Road , I think he would probably be quite a good candidate . |
| 8 | This arrangement , cleverly yet quite simply managed , would give him a couple of hours to get on with what he desperately wanted to get on with : to climb into bed with Downes 's beautiful and doubtlessly over-sexed wife , Lucy , and get his bottom on the top sheet before his time ran out . |
| 9 | M. Grimaud said that would be very pleasant for her : he would deliver and collect her , and visit his cousin on the domaine . |
| 10 | The winner is the one who can out-bluff his opponent and keep his hand on the pad the longest . |
| 11 | Why not simply take the hint and turn his back on the village once and for all ? |
| 12 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 13 | The court heard the shift supervisor at Three Mile Island change his testimony on the crucial relief-valve temperatures that were reported to him during the incident . |
| 14 | Nor could Creggan see that with that return of some sense of a spirit of life that can never die there came to the nearly lifeless wings of the close-caged Minch a sudden struggle and slight flutter of purpose — not much , but enough to make the Man look down in surprise and tighten his grip on the carrier cage . |
| 15 | ‘ When you catch him , make him sit , then fasten his collar on the second hole and do n't let him play you up . |
| 16 | F rom his spot on the bridge , Yanto could gaze down the seemingly endless reaches of the Severn 's mouth . |
| 17 | Leave the haggling over the price to your agent and take his advice on the final choice of buyer , who should be well advanced in his own sale ; but do not be in any hurry to settle the matter without at least sleeping on it and allowing for second thoughts all round . |
| 18 | He did n't want to race but your father insisted he take his place on the grid . |
| 19 | Mike 's voice , commanding , imperative , had him reluctantly obeying its uncompromising call as he ran lightly back to sit in the car in readiness to leave the pits and take his place on the grid . |
| 20 | Now we only need his description on the ‘ Wanted ’ notices . ’ |
| 21 | The magicians told Vortigern he must find a boy with no father , sacrifice the child and sprinkle his blood on the fort 's foundations . |
| 22 | ‘ Whenever we have his picture on the front page , our circulation increases , ’ said Blm . |