Example sentences of "he [adv prt] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Harvard Planning Office had brought him in on a dispute between the track coach and the builders of a new gymnasium , concerning the dimensions of the new indoor track . |
| 2 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 3 | The village doctor was one of the house guests ; he and Andy 's father hold the boy up , letting water drain from his mouth , then lay him down on a coat on the snow . |
| 4 | Simon and Marian laid him down on a couch of deer-skins . |
| 5 | I sat him down on the kerb and called police . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Mussed ’ is a word so outmoded I 'm surprised the God of Media did n't strike him down on the instant with a thunderbolt . |
| 7 | She held out her hand with deliberate provocation and , drawing him down on the edge of the bed beside her , she gave a little laugh which came from deep in her throat . |
| 8 | Blood-red were his spurs i " the golden noon ; wine-red was his velvet coat ; When they shot him down on the highway , |
| 9 | Blood , blood red were his spurs , moon , rhymed red with his velvet coat , when they shot him down on the highway , down like a dog on the highway , and he lay in his blood on the highway , with a bunch of lace at his throat . |
| 10 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 11 | Nick set him down on the terrace and he rushed indoors . |
| 12 | She jumped up and thrust him down on the seat , holding his shoulders . |
| 13 | The excitement was very high , and the pressure of the other chimpanzees in the tree forced him down on the ground , where he was greeted by the screaming females . |
| 14 | He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price . |
| 15 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 16 | They overpowered him and , while the rest held him down on the pavement , one of them put the razor in the corner of Joyce 's mouth and slit his cheek backwards beyond the ear . |
| 17 | But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . |
| 18 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 19 | Half-blinded by blood from his cuts , he put the plane into a dive and somehow managed to land the right side up — despite the appearance of a third enemy plane which tried to polish him off on the way down . |
| 20 | Despite his strange dealings in the transfer market up to now , I 'm still one of the pro-Wilko group , and I 'm not going to start slagging him off on the basis of rumours about what he might conceivably do . |
| 21 | Hung him up on a hook like a piece of meat . ’ |
| 22 | On another occasion Ricky knocked Minton out on the platform of the Underground , afterwards propping him up on a bench until he recovered sufficiently to be walked home . |
| 23 | And then , only then , when you 've stood him up on the kitchen table , and he 's all bejewelled and perfect , a knight crusader just like you 've dreamed , do you mutter the magic words . |
| 24 | Well you can pick him up on the way then could n't you ? |
| 25 | Paul 's in a meeting , but she 's going to try and pick him up on the way , or leave a note for him to follow on . |
| 26 | Anyway , I do know they hung Him up on the cross so it did n't do Him a lot of good . |
| 27 | A moment ago , the Home Secretary said that every applicant for asylum would have the right to go to an appeal tribunal , and his hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster ( Dame E. Kellett-Bowman ) rightly picked him up on the point . |
| 28 | How much would Donald need to get him back on the road ? |
| 29 | ‘ T is true that releasing Stephen will put him back on the throne , but our army can do nothing without my Lord of Gloucester at its head . |
| 30 | Once naked , she pushed him back on the bed , ran her hands over his smooth skin . |