Example sentences of "he [verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only recorded royal tram ride in the first hundred years of Blackpool tramways occurred on 21 October 1937 , when HRH The Duke of Kent ( the present Duke 's father ) visited Blackpool to open Victoria Hospital , the lifeboat house and Princess Way , culminating in him switching on the Illuminations . |
| 2 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |
| 3 | He switched on the headlights as the car entered the M1 at Brent Cross . |
| 4 | ‘ Any particular section ? ’ asked Hayman as he switched on the lights . |
| 5 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 6 | He took on the lectures , started by J. W. Hinchley [ q.v. ] in 1909 at Battersea Polytechnic , in 1917 when Hinchley was made an assistant professor at Imperial College . |
| 7 | I 'd never heard such oratory , admiring the way he took on the hecklers . |
| 8 | Will he pass on the thanks of those of us who went to see the Prime Minister two weeks ago to ask for his help in the matter ? |
| 9 | ‘ Watch me , ’ said Amiss , as at high speed he put on the clothes Pooley had just brought him . |