Example sentences of "on his [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disappointed at the value put on his company by the stock market , which compared it with other electronics groups , he decided to spin-off Vodafone and Chubb . |
| 2 | He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 . |
| 3 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 4 | His first move would be to find the airport 's long-stay car park and to switch the plates on his vehicle for those on one of the more recent arrivals . |
| 5 | Here she reported on his involvement in the newly formed dairy co-operative and of the development of his on-farm yoghurt production process . |
| 6 | Although the jury heard eight hours of videotaped testimony by Reagan [ see p. 37241 ] , the former President was often confused and vague about operational details and did little to shed any further light on his involvement in the affair . |
| 7 | Highly nervous , he rushed into combat like a wound-up spring , diving on his foe in the impetuous manner that cost the life of many an inexperienced young aviator . |
| 8 | Stich , Wimbledon king two years ago , unleashed nine aces , and was only in trouble on his serve in the opening game of the match , when he saved three break points . |
| 9 | Stich , Wimbledon king two years ago , unleashed nine aces , and was only in trouble on his serve in the opening game of the match , when he saved three break points . |
| 10 | At length these bitter fruits of sin , and a sense of dependency on his providence for the averting those dreadful consequences with which others were imminently threatened , brought me to the repentance and gave me a victory over those guilty passions by which I had been so long enslaved . |
| 11 | As Sixsmith ordered a gin and tonic , and as he amusingly expatiated on his weakness for prawn cocktails , Alistair found himself wryly but powerfully drawn to this man — to this tousled screenplay writer with his dreamy gaze , the curious elisions of his somewhat slurred voice , and the great dents and bone-shadow of his face , all the faulty fontanelles of vocational care . |
| 12 | Sam chewed on his bit of cheese and deliberated . |
| 13 | Throughout this period Sutton continued to work Saturday-night shifts at the Sunday Mirror as a sub-editor , and decided to catch up on his education by taking a BA in history at Goldsmiths College , part of the University of London . |
| 14 | Conway , who prudently forbade Taylor to dedicate any of his works to himself , eventually persuaded him to come and live on his estates in Ireland as a ‘ lecturer ’ , which was a more acceptable title to the authorities than ‘ chaplain ’ . |
| 15 | What neither German radio nor the public knew was that the Duke of Buccleuch was placed under house arrest on his estates in Scotland , several aristocrats were personally warned by Churchill that if they talked of peace they would be jailed , and Lord Londonderry was questioned inconclusively about a meeting that was alleged to have taken place on his Mountstewart estate in Northern Ireland with four German agents who had travelled up through the Free State . |
| 16 | He came into contact with our world of climbing early , delivering telegrams from the post office on his bike to Mr Winthrop Young and Mr Mallory at Pen y Pass , or to Mr Carr at Beddgelert . |
| 17 | We were broke , so I accepted , and Dana took me on his bike to and fro from Bath to Corsham throughout the next six weeks . |
| 18 | Bert watched Yanto jump on his bike without touching the pedals . |
| 19 | N.Z. A Weak Heart : Roddie on his bike in the evening , with his hands in his pockets , doing marvels by that dark tree at the corner of May Street . |
| 20 | Like the Dvořák , this performance has all the intensity and thrust of a live recording ( and how delightful , too , are the pictorial elements ; the errand boy whistling on his bike in the opening movement , for instance ) . |
| 21 | Joyfully and thankfully reconciled with me , and having proved himself in a very arduous campaign , he might well have rested on his laurels in comfort and safety , waiting for the war to end or to be drafted to some new theatre of operations . |
| 22 | Vitor eased open the buttons on his jacket with long fingers . |
| 23 | For example , there was an oil smear on his jacket of the same type as that he used in his car . |
| 24 | She was also clutching his knee and he was swinging her up on his foot at every step and she was screaming and laughing . |
| 25 | General Galtieri was acquitted on human rights charges but sentenced first by a military court , then , on appeal , by a civilian court on his conduct of the 1982 Falklands War . |
| 26 | He congratulated Ortega on his conduct of the elections and called for a ceasefire in the contra war , stating that " given the clear mandate for peace and democracy there is no reason for further military activity from any quarter " . |
| 27 | I then said I was a friend of Sir Randolph Routh and that if the agent was not immediately taken in charge for assault , I should send in the strongest adverse report on his conduct of this entire vile business . |
| 28 | Stamfordham , too , could look back with satisfaction on his conduct of negotiations with the party leaders . |
| 29 | Knights as well as nobles took prisoners at Poitiers , and the Black Prince granted lands , offices and annuities to many yeomen and bachelors who served him on his campaigns in Gascony between 1355 and 1357 . |
| 30 | Keegan is refusing to co-operate with the hype-merchants focusing on his reunion with Kenny Dalglish to the detriment of their managerial charges . |