Example sentences of "he [verb] on his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now comfortably ensconced in Barham with his fiancée , Diane , a Brummie belle whom he met on his first tour here four years ago , he says he is enjoying himself , even if those impenetrable Lee van Cleef eyes and inscrutable countenance give precious little away . |
| 2 | The appalling hardship , primitive conditions , tremendous heat on the exposed rocky outcrop , and the omnipresent spice of danger which he encountered on his first experience of active service , appealed to the adventurous and the Spartan in Leslie , and salved the conscience that had irked him during his long training and frustrating inactivity at home . |
| 3 | He demanded the removal of the permanent secretary to the Treasury , Sir Robert ( later Baron ) Chalmers [ q.v. ] , and he countermanded on his own authority a Treasury request for the transfer of gold from Canada . |
| 4 | Nigel always worked best when he drew on his own life . |
| 5 | In 1798 he exhibited No. 447 , ‘ Derwent Water from Castle Rigg ’ , and in 1801 , No. 649 , ‘ View from Kirby Lonsdale Churchyard Westmorland ’ , but this appears to be the last entry , probably because once he had moved to Ambleside he concentrated on his one man shows in the area . |
| 6 | Some separate engravings of London markets were issued in 1822 , but in 1824 the shop was closed , and he concentrated on his new career . |
| 7 | He sounded friendly , his grim mood lifting as he concentrated on his driving and the island they were going to visit . |
| 8 | With a pair of scissors the Inlay Operator cuts out a small piece of black card which he places on his white desktop . |
| 9 | He capitalized on his Olympic success by lauding himself , pronouncing himself ‘ The Greatest ’ , and arrogantly winning the world title under the most outrageous circumstances . |
| 10 | He sucked on his empty pipe . |
| 11 | THUGS attacked and robbed a young cancer victim as he played on his new mountain bike . |
| 12 | Determined to be as good as the regulars , he practised on his own at a pub in Balham . |
| 13 | In 1886 he came on his last lecture tour , managed by Pond , and at the invitation of Parker . |
| 14 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 15 | If so , it will be a gamble , because he flopped on his only previous international appearance in Saudi Arabia . |
| 16 | Then , clicking his heels together , he turned on his short legs and marched from the room . |
| 17 | He turned on his Calor-gas stove and heater but did n't light them and sat down to await the end . |
| 18 | He turned on his own torch and started wondering how he was going to get out . |
| 19 | He turned on his considerable persuasive powers to convince the player not merely that the full-back position was right for him but that he would be the best full-back in the country . |
| 20 | The devil has something to be said for him : he acts on his own initiative and is n't just following orders . |
| 21 | He acts on his own skill and judgment in reaching his decision , and that decision will be binding on the parties even if it is wrong ( Campbell v Edwards [ 1976 ] 1 All ER 785 ) . |
| 22 | THE children of St Albans , Macclesfield gave Bishop Gray a great greeting when he arrived on his pastoral visit . |
| 23 | It is not necessary to suppose that he acted on his own initiative , although this is implied in the Anonimalle Chronicle ( 11 , pp.158–9 ) : possibly his advisers felt that he might be less at risk than they themselves , and that in the circumstances a policy of temporary conciliation was the best course of action . |
| 24 | Then , almost assuming his mother 's shape , he observed that Tommaso 's broad back shifted in rhythm to Caterina 's movements , that he swivelled on his angled chair , sometimes on one leg , sometimes on two , to keep her not in his sights but outside them . |
| 25 | And did he have any men working for him or did he work on his own ? |
| 26 | He walked on his own to his final destination . |
| 27 | But then he embarked on his main thesis , which was that the entire Western intelligence system in Britain , France , Germany and America had been deeply penetrated by the KGB and systematically manipulated with clever disinformation put out by Moscow . |
| 28 | In his work , he relied on his amazing sense of imagination . |
| 29 | He calls on his persecuted readers to rejoice when they suffer as Christians and so share Christ 's sufferings , for ‘ the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you ’ ( 1 Pet . |
| 30 | With a cry of rage , he puffed on his much-chewed stogie and fired at us . |