Example sentences of "him [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For default summonses , " sufficient time " means sufficient time for the defendant to deliver a defence , admission or counterclaim within fourteen days after delivery of the summons , and sufficient time in the case of fixed date summonses for him to attend on the return day ( Ord 7 , r 18(3) ) . |
| 2 | The postman eventually found him canvassing on the High Row and handed over the State secrets there and then ‘ I was very impressed , ’ says Fallon . |
| 3 | The scene had called for him to stand on a cliff-top , surveying the land stretching out behind — land he and his marauding band had taken by force . |
| 4 | By the mid-1950s his growing reputation enabled him to concentrate on a literary career . |
| 5 | His fears of not making the grade evaporated when ITV talent scouts spotted him wrestling on the amateur circuit . |
| 6 | Although tolerant of the religious beliefs of others , his belief in the work ethic and his intolerance of alcohol made him insist on a stern regime for others . |
| 7 | This led him to focus on the top social stratum as the primary location of anomie , for it was power and not poverty that facilitated too easily the personal achievement of socially inculcated cultural ambitions . |
| 8 | He said it was all right for the pot to come off and for him to walk on the injured foot . |
| 9 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |
| 10 | Ultimately , he says , he opposed it since it would mean terminating the 386BSD project , an action CSRG has taken , as well as having him renege on a published promise to produce freely accessible 386 code . |
| 11 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
| 12 | In charge on a caretaker basis since the October sacking of John Beck , Johnson had hoped his side 's Coca-Cola Cup defeat of Premier League Oldham on Tuesday would have seen him appointed on a permanent basis . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I imagined him standing on a wee planet about the size of a football — ’ |
| 14 | As she rounded the gates of the school she saw him sitting on a low wall , his little legs dangling , swinging backwards and forwards . |
| 15 | When she got out of bed , she found him sitting on the top stair , listening to Dad and Mother downstairs in the kitchen , and crying . |
| 16 | But her fears were groundless : the generation gap in this instance had him beached on a far shore . |
| 17 | Dr Ranasinghe said they were consistent with him falling on a hard tarmac surface . |
| 18 | A big wad was given to the young man for him to rub on the affected area and Boltwood gave the rest of it to me . |