Example sentences of "[v-ing] him on the [adj] " 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 | Facing him on the other side of the arena was the current Executioner , whom Angel One had watched fighting and killing the previous holder of the office barely a week before . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He had to — they were doubtless watching him on the closed-circuit television . |
| 5 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 6 | He would badger him about anything , often hitting him on the least pretext . |