Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] 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 | She put her arms round him where he stood on the threshold of her room . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A few days later , he was off to south London , where he concentrated on the subject of deserts — his speciality . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Dustin was offered $250,000 — fifteen times more than he earned on The Graduate . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was twenty-five then and did n't want to get married , so he kept on the cottage and looked after himself . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Once he stumbled on the cobbles . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And if he lived on the other side of the world she would think nothing of flying to meet him , she said . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If he stood on the shelf above the door , he could probably — possibly — prise the catch further open and maybe squeeze in . |
| 22 | If he decided on the mountains the doctor would take him there in his car . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Jim knew it , because he lived on the edge . |
| 26 | ‘ Jim knew it because he lived on the edge ’ |
| 27 | In truth , however , the inspector would not have been induced to exempt the accused from liability because he acted on the assumption that none existed . |
| 28 | Parr kept his window open , and while he waited on the line , let the sounds from outside wash his consciousness . |
| 29 | I was just in the office typing and er and general office work and while he went on the district you see . |
| 30 | Then in the afternoon she played with Diana , or talked happily to Matthew while he worked on the farm . |