Example sentences of "on his [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words drew on his memory of a secret meeting he had gone to at the end of his first year in Glasgow . |
| 2 | He was leaning on his spear by a pool , a green cloak drifting round him , a silver helmet on his head , his gaze bent on the dark ring of water . |
| 3 | Harry lay all day long on his bed without a word to anyone who came in to him , and would not touch food or drink . |
| 4 | She was sitting on his bed with a blanket around her shoulders , trying on his flying-helmet . |
| 5 | Very likely he was simply lying on his bed in a state of dejection and , perhaps , of remorse for his massacre of " the possessions " which was now generally thought not to have been necessary . |
| 6 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 7 | In the kitchen Tristan was lying on his back amid a litter of pans and dishes . |
| 8 | Charlie aged eight with a stinking cancerous hip who propelled himself flat on his back on a trolley made from a pram base , flipper-hands paddling , olive , oval face — too big , all their faces were too big — grinning with flickering contempt as he wound skilfully round Stephanie 's ankles , his foul air preceding him , and behind him decay and a whiff of disinfectant . |
| 9 | You could pick out individual families : that old Grandma who had fallen asleep in her deckchair , legs apart , showing a formidable pair of bloomers ; the fat baby next to her pushing candy-floss into its chubby face with both hands , trying to find its mouth ; the Dad lying on his back like a stranded whale , great white beer belly rising majestically into the air . |
| 10 | On his back like a beetle , three sat on him while two ripped his daysack from his chest . |
| 11 | Anderson seemed to be the only person at home ; he sold them jugs of ale , small beer for the children ; James 's credit was good for a stone jar of whisky and one of the Duke 's men was detailed to carry it on his back in a wicker frame . |
| 12 | Kalchu was carrying Lāla Bahādur on his back in a shawl and gently coaxing Hārkini along by the hand . |
| 13 | This was followed by an interesting talk by Mr N. J. Bellord on his experience with a computer in a solicitor 's office , and a number of valuable hints as to how to get the best out of the system and avoid technological pitfalls . |
| 14 | His post of Prime-Minister of Poland set the seal on his reputation as a great patriot , and although the demands of affairs of state subsequently diminished his artistry , he always remained an important musical figure . |
| 15 | On the second task — to cut inflation , the budget deficit and Italy 's vast public debt — Mr Ciampi must rely on his reputation as a defender of sound money to overcome opposition from populist politicians with everything to lose at the next general election . |
| 16 | He is able , also , to work on his notes towards a more publicly acceptable form of language . |
| 17 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |
| 18 | The editor , fearing that this would reflect on his credit as a journalist , declined . |
| 19 | But , as R. J. Campbell pointed out , the respect paid a minister could often be based on his performance as a preacher and a leader . |
| 20 | It did not reassure his European allies as much as it did him that their continued existence , as sitting targets in any exchange of fire , depended on his skills as a bluffer . |
| 21 | ‘ They should judge him purely on his ability as a player and what they are actually saying is that their man-management techniques are n't up to scratch . |
| 22 | MR E G HARRIS of Harold Wood in Essex is claiming a Guinness Book of Records entry for an overcharge on his bill during a trip to Bayeux in Normandy last month . |
| 23 | Any single senior resident had to accept as part of his job the fact that his juniors were going to speculate constantly on his lack of a visible sex-life . |
| 24 | The Italian fell on his leg after a tackle — with horror , Walker saw one tooth embedded in his knee ! |
| 25 | Remembering to take his weight on his elbows as a gentleman should and desperately trying to restrain his passion , he entered her gently , but firmly . |
| 26 | His career began in Australia at the age of 12 , running deliveries on his bicycle for a hat refurbishment service . |
| 27 | We were strolling along , laughing and joking , when Amelio , a kind of village clown who never seemed to take anything seriously ( and who was never taken seriously himself ) , approached us on his bicycle in a state of great excitement . |
| 28 | Conservative MPs cheered when he entered the chamber of the Commons yesterday and cheered again when he borrowed a phrase from Harold Macmillan to dismiss Norman Lamont 's vitriolic attack on his governance as a ‘ little local difficulty . ’ |
| 29 | On one of his more exotic voyages a skull and crossbones had been tattooed on his shoulder by a Greek sailor who used ordinary blue ink and a sharp pin to stab the design into the skin . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's a fantastic-looking man called Rob English whom I found when I trod on his toe in a shop in Brighton , ’ says Sarah . |