Example sentences of "he [vb -s] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | here 's the cup team … the injury to Marcus Hannaford means Jerry Perrins is called back … he plays on the wing … and with skipper Ian Smith playing for the BaBas … |
| 2 | I hope that Mr. Blackham will remember them when he turns on a tap in his own kitchen . |
| 3 | He turns on the air-conditioner . |
| 4 | Vic sighs , hits the Off button on the clock , switches on his bedside lamp ( its dimmer control turned low for Marjorie 's sake ) , gets out of bed and paddles through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom , making sure the connecting door is closed before he turns on the light inside . |
| 5 | ‘ The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks into the room drives me nuts , ’ she says . |
| 6 | He goes on a newspaper in Marie 's room . |
| 7 | He goes on a bit but he 's basically very good-hearted and kind . |
| 8 | When he comes back he goes on a hunger strike for chicken . |
| 9 | The Mayor of Whitby , Coun Maurice Hatton , will not be taking the official chain of office when he goes on a pilgrimage to the German town of Kleve on April 30 , because of its high value . |
| 10 | And also of course he goes on the building sites he 's still wearing a suit . |
| 11 | He tries to manufacture the shot with the 5 , but it does n't quite come off , and sure enough he goes on the Road . |
| 12 | Paul Aitken has always hankered after the bright lights , so at the age of forty-two he 's handing over his business to his staff while he goes on the road to promote his record . |
| 13 | He sits on a bar stool in the centre of a circle of friendly faces , talking amiably . |
| 14 | Andy Gray , on Sky , said that he sits on a panel to decide if a goal is an OG or not … and can then take goals off players . |
| 15 | He sits on a bed , in the gloom , looking more wretched than ever . |
| 16 | He sits on a bench in his braces , |
| 17 | Now he sits on a therapy group helping the same types of people he used to lock up . |
| 18 | He sits on the edge of the bed where Kate lies fenced in by bolsters and proffers it smilingly . |
| 19 | He sits on the bed for twenty minutes , sweating and smoking . |
| 20 | Each has a chief executive who , though he sits on the board of nearly 600 directors , is not accountable to the head of the group . |
| 21 | The occupational therapist may supply portable handrails in the early stages after the stroke , so that the patient has some support on each side while he sits on the toilet , although these should not be used to lean on when standing up or sitting down . |
| 22 | The bed height should allow the patient to touch the floor with his feet when he sits on the side on the bed , although his hips should be slightly above the level of his knees . |
| 23 | He sits on the grass |
| 24 | The point is important for , when he turns to personal identity , he insists on a distinction between two ideas which ‘ the ordinary way of speaking ’ runs together : the idea of ‘ man ’ , and the idea of ‘ person ’ . |
| 25 | Despite his generally holistic approach to questions of meaning and questions of justification at the non-observational level , he insists on the sort of asymmetry between observational and non-observational that is characteristic of the foundationalist . |
| 26 | If he persists on the line of pre-trading expenditure , then the provisions of s 401 , ICTA 1988 should be pointed out to him , as this section headed ‘ relief for pre-trading expenditure ’ gives , effectively , the same end result as a deduction under normal Sch D principles . |
| 27 | He rides on a sleigh pulled by six white ‘ boomers ’ or kangaroos . |
| 28 | Lindsey sleeps in Richard 's bed and Richard he sleeps on the settee . |
| 29 | He sleeps on the floor , rises at 4.10am , is in his own words ‘ fanatical ’ about dusting , and has taken a vow of chastity and celibacy . |
| 30 | ‘ There is plenty for him , ’ observed Dorothy , ‘ wherever he looks on the carpet . ’ |