Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charley Hoskins had been trained as a blacksmith but , like so many Saltash boys , had his heart set on the sea and it was when he had joined the Royal Navy that he met Ben Bellaser . |
| 2 | Dene Stallard says three years ago his boat flipped on the water and he woke up in hospital … |
| 3 | His mind fastened on the word . |
| 4 | During the twenty-mile drive , once he had left his own estate , he had kept his mind fixed on the goal of his errand , and what came in between went unremarked . |
| 5 | ‘ Vitor came third and would have been first if his car had n't hit fuel problems on the final lap , ’ Simon continued , his mind fixed on the race . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He stood with his shoulder pressed against the wall , his gaze fixed on the fanlight . |
| 8 | Ward was leaning forward , his gaze fixed on the Argentinian 's face . |
| 9 | This time Julius kept his gaze fixed on the road ahead , as if he did n't want her to see his eyes . |
| 10 | He pulled up a high stool and stood , his bottom propped on the stool , which he used like a shooting stick , his painting posture for these latter days . |
| 11 | The Arabs spoke briefly together then the English-speaking one stepped back , his Makarova trained on the three men . |
| 12 | A relative found his body slumped on the floor of his home in Polsham , Somerset . |
| 13 | His body slumped on the tarnished , alien turf , |
| 14 | With the build-up towards the deadline , Tim Routsis and his team piled on the pressure , round the clock , with determined dedication . |
| 15 | Not long afterwards , his attention fixed on the sufferings of those Poles who had caused their Jews to suffer , Mendel falls silent , thinking : ‘ Not only us . ’ |
| 16 | His attention settled on the ducks on the lake but whenever he got near they fled in panic to the shore and sheltered under bushes and trees where he could not reach them . |
| 17 | He spoke almost absently , his attention concentrated on the photographs in front of him . |
| 18 | The suggestion of sleep is only a metaphor ; the subject does not actually drop off but keeps his attention focused on the hypnotist 's words instead . |
| 19 | Photographs of the period show a grinning Duke with his ten-foot board looming up behind him like a tall wooden tombstone , his name engraved on the deck like an epitaph . |
| 20 | In the cold dawn , with the wind pushing them so that they could hardly face each other , the King and his wife met on the slope above the battered hall . |
| 21 | His wife worked on the railways during the war and had her own fruit and general goods shop for 14 years . |
| 22 | ‘ Ernest has his head screwed on the right way , ’ Ruth said . |
| 23 | His head knocked on the steps of the rostrum as if asking to be let in . |
| 24 | The Prophet was leaning back , his head cradled on the head-rest of the driving seat . |
| 25 | His head rested on the pillow at an unusual angle , the chin tilted abnormally high , so that , from the foot of the bed , Richard was looking into the dark pits of his nostrils . |
| 26 | A few minutes later , he saw his classmate stretched on the ground , hands crossed on his chest ‘ like two white flecks on his blue overcoat ’ . |
| 27 | Asked if it was his half-crown left on the counter , Jefferies said no . |
| 28 | The liquidator of a company can have notice of his appointment entered on the Register . |
| 29 | His finger tightened on the trigger . |
| 30 | His finger tightened on the trigger . |