Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vicar managed to catch him before he fell to the floor , and he was removed to his home , where he died on the Friday morning , 8 September . |
| 2 | It is this preoccupation which accounts for Derrida 's choice , and forceful interrogation , of the privileged examples of Saussure — where he focuses on the ‘ profound ethnocentrism ’ of his exclusion of writing — Rousseau and Lévi-Strauss . |
| 3 | She put her arms round him where he stood on the threshold of her room . |
| 4 | He did a really intimate show where he sat on the edge of the stage with his ankles crossed and talked to them and sang them songs . |
| 5 | The world of the Zoo seemed to move without any noise at all and around the Cages all was still but for the visitor Creggan had attacked , who swayed back and forth where he sat on the ground , others gathered around him . |
| 6 | Having lifted Hector into the vehicle , where he sat on the floorboards , panting with his tongue lolling out , and wagging a satisfied tail , Benedict swung himself up and grinned down at her as he took the reins into his hand . |
| 7 | A few days later , he was off to south London , where he concentrated on the subject of deserts — his speciality . |
| 8 | Having to choose between being ‘ poor in Oxford or comfortable in Aber. ’ , he chose Aberystwyth , where he worked on the university magazine , published his first poems and stories , and dabbled in left-wing politics . |
| 9 | Guess we kinda know now where he stands on the issue . |
| 10 | He reiterated one of the problems that dogged him throughout life , which was fatigue ; for although he had on the whole a ‘ tough ’ constitution — at least he liked to think so — and tremendous will-power , he had driven himself very hard over the past twenty years . |
| 11 | Although he sat on the fence with the rest of London 's Jews during the noisy campaign of Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel [ q.v. ] of Amsterdam to secure a public readmission of the Jews to England , eventually he was forced to show his hand . |
| 12 | A rough diamond in his earlier years , he has now become a sophisticated centre who was drafted into the Irish World Cup squad , although he languished on the bench and was never called upon . |
| 13 | Dustin was offered $250,000 — fifteen times more than he earned on The Graduate . |
| 14 | He did not do himself justice in 1991 , never getting his timing right in his early-season preparations any more than he did on the golf course . |
| 15 | He was twenty-five then and did n't want to get married , so he kept on the cottage and looked after himself . |
| 16 | Tallboy was n't sure how to judge his superior 's tone but he needed a fillip to his esteem right now so he looked on the bright side . |
| 17 | He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained . |
| 18 | Once he stumbled on the cobbles . |
| 19 | Once he hits on the right track he should be able to follow him to the place where he leaves the food and then watch who picks it up . |
| 20 | Even worse off is the pilot who still believes he will make it and takes no action until he arrives on the ground or in a hedge . |
| 21 | He 's not like he seems on the talkshows . |
| 22 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 23 | And if he lived on the other side of the world she would think nothing of flying to meet him , she said . |
| 24 | Almost certainly it would lead with welfare cuts , while the Sun — or maybe Sunday Sport if He came on the sabbath — would get the scoop . |
| 25 | Then as if he had on the spur of the moment decided to take her into his confidence , he added , ‘ But she was always a tiny bit sad . |
| 26 | If he persists on the line of pre-trading expenditure , then the provisions of s 401 , ICTA 1988 should be pointed out to him , as this section headed ‘ relief for pre-trading expenditure ’ gives , effectively , the same end result as a deduction under normal Sch D principles . |
| 27 | If he stood on the shelf above the door , he could probably — possibly — prise the catch further open and maybe squeeze in . |
| 28 | If he decided on the mountains the doctor would take him there in his car . |
| 29 | And then suddenly we find the district auditor making comments about an environmental strategy , which I would have thought was , if he worked on the basis of the last one , rather outside his remit . |
| 30 | For instance , the Count of Monte Cristo : my friend thought he must be egotistical , because he scratched on the wall of his dungeon , ‘ Lord , keep my memory green ! ’ |