Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid everything on it and stood back to look , like someone in an art gallery sizing up a surrealist exhibit . |
| 2 | Nigel made many enemies and no friends with these pieces , but he prided himself on his integrity . |
| 3 | As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her . |
| 4 | He prided himself on his fluency in the tongue , but the stranger only looked bemused . |
| 5 | Faye I have got to see you ’ , he met her on her way to work around 7am . |
| 6 | He met her on it . |
| 7 | He took Julie upstairs in his room and he he push her he push her on his bed and he he raped her . |
| 8 | Has he consulted them on their right to choose another landlord under the Government 's new Tenants Choice ? |
| 9 | William gave up , but he tried it on his nan later , when most people had gone . |
| 10 | Then he tried it on his own |
| 11 | ‘ He caught me on my right thigh , my left foot came down and I did the splits . |
| 12 | ‘ And when he smears it on his shirt . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Because he has nothing on his conscience , ’ Daalny snapped triumphantly , ‘ just as I said . ’ |
| 14 | Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon . |
| 15 | He took it out on Scarlet in the same way as he avenged himself on her for the pressures at work and the demands of his first wife . |
| 16 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 17 | He dried it on his sleeve and said , ‘ I 've a snapshot at home of myself aged ten wearing an Eton collar . |
| 18 | When he 's in a jolly mood he blames it on their potty training . |
| 19 | There was a certain speculation in her glance now when she looked at him ; she listened when he advised her on her investment portfolio , and — increasingly — she took his advice . |
| 20 | Occasionally , when he turned it on it was good , but this was rare . |
| 21 | So when he rehearsed the scene he based it on his experience at the chemist 's , an example of his always having to make contact with a real , lived emotion . |
| 22 | He sort of stood there , and then , after we 'd recognised him , he threw himself on us both , hugging and kissing us . |
| 23 | What 's he got it on his mouth for ? |
| 24 | Mr Waldegrave 's constituency agent in Bristol West , Philip Stephenson , says : ‘ I do n't know why he wears it on his right hand . |
| 25 | But Lord Justice MacDermott did not impose any conditions when he released them on their own bail of £100 . |
| 26 | When he touched her on her elbow to guide her inside she very nearly snatched her arm away , only controlling the impulse at the last minute . |
| 27 | ‘ He rung it on us , all of us . |
| 28 | Once he congratulated me on my gang . |
| 29 | He congratulated himself on his success in ‘ carrying Gandhi on the sentimental side ’ and in persuading him ‘ to come into line ’ . |
| 30 | Old woman walking down the street , right , and he stuck it on her back , or something like that . |