Example sentences of "[vb infin] his [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a callous brute , and if she did n't need his protection on the journey to Winchester she would n't care if he bled to … |
| 2 | Weber did qualify his emphasis on the coercive methods through which the state maintains order and compliance , ‘ force is certainly not the normal or only means of the state ’ ( Weber 1972 p.78 ) . |
| 3 | At one level , he finally found a spiritual home , a sanctuary from which he could vent his spleen on the oppressive bourgeois institutions which had duped him . |
| 4 | Wilson received an injury in the third minute , but that did n't hamper his stand on the game . |
| 5 | For example , an inductivist might take as his universal criterion the degree of inductive support a theory receives from accepted facts , whilst a falsificationist might base his criterion on the degree of falsifiability of unfalsified theories . |
| 6 | Deputy Judge Robert Reid , QC , said he would give his ruling on the application on Wednesday . |
| 7 | He should have told Cottee to go and do his talking on the park and perhaps tried to change the team plan to assist his strike-force ( if that 's the right word ) . |
| 8 | There had been sightings , his family was powerful enough to keep him hidden and safe from the inevitable hanging ‘ should he show his face on the shores of Albion again' — a favourite phrase of Joseph 's , picked up from a knife-grinder whose preoccupation with Bligh , the Bounty and the Mutiny had almost equalled Joseph 's as witnessed in a fierce contest of informational prowess contested in the snug of the Bull in Lorton where the knife-grinder had eventually conceded defeat and been given several unexpected commissions ( including one from the vicar of Cockermouth who disliked Joseph intensely and produced a cluster of blunt knives and dullest scissors to prove it ) as compensation . |
| 9 | As the Leader of the Opposition has joined us , perhaps he will use his influence on the four members of his party who voted last week to cover up the truth by refusing to permit the Select Committee on Employment to conduct an investigation into the true consequences of a national minimum wage . |
| 10 | If Stuart Graham can find the passion of his final speeches a little sooner in the play , and if Peter O'Meara can keep his enthusiasm on the boil , Ms Johnston 's endeavour will not have been in vain . |
| 11 | Even Ken could n't keep his mind on the action . |
| 12 | He may keep his hand on the ball while kicking it ’ . |
| 13 | It is a fitting conclusion that God , who has so clearly guided at every stage , should set his seal on the marriage in the deep love of Isaac for Rebekah . |
| 14 | Biya did not alter his position on the holding of a national conference , a central demand of the opposition , which he had refused to countenance . |
| 15 | From the corner of his eye the stout grey-haired man saw the thug shift his grip on the club . |
| 16 | The moral is , deal with an expert who will lay his reputation on the line and back his opinion with a receipt . |
| 17 | ERIC PETERS inspired Cambridge to a remarkable Twickenham triumph with a display that could book his place on the England squad plane to Lanzarote on December 31 . |
| 18 | He wo n't have his name on the door . |
| 19 | Even so , while in " crisis mode " he will have his eye on the organization , carefully watching how the systems cope , how emergency procedures work and , most importantly , how the people around him take the strain and react . |
| 20 | Whether or not Henry would have kept his promise if she had remained so is an open question , but it is clear that once he had also acquired Aquitaine he would never relax his grip on the territories which served as the vital bridge connecting his mother 's lands in the north and his wife 's lands in the south . |
| 21 | ‘ … Basil Boothroyd , did you read his stuff on the Sodom and Gomorrah croquet club ? |
| 22 | Philip could hear his Mum on the phone . |
| 23 | She saw Cy change his grip on the reins ; Shine On effortlessly moved into overdrive and , in a matter of yards , was well clear of her . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr. Ross goes lieutenant into one of them if he can pass his examination on the morrow ’ , Keith informed his sister , and it would seem that the examining board were duly impressed by their admiral 's anxiety , for they took a chance on this doubtful candidate . |
| 25 | why does he rest his knob on the microphone ? |
| 26 | Why does he rest his nose on the microphone ? |
| 27 | It was like a Tom and Jerry cartoon to see him bang his head on the door , bounce back , look a little dazed , and then remember the terrifying ‘ nightmare ’ he was escaping from , and shoot for cover behind the sofa . |
| 28 | Did Jordan leave his dummy on the floor ? |
| 29 | And all the time he knew Cadalora would make his move on the last lap . |
| 30 | His career record of 506 wickets and 3,882 runs does not convey his impact on the game because he was not concerned with his own performances — the team came first . |