Example sentences of "his [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ya'acov Friedler , interned with his sister on the Isle of Man , remembers the first signs of the change of heart towards enemy aliens : |
| 2 | He concentrates his energies on survival and focuses his hope on the second addition to his life since my departure : a son , now quite as tall as his father and doing well at school . |
| 3 | The real bitch is being the first to know but choosing to swallow his flimsy excuses and his transparent lies , in the hope that he 'll tire of his bit on the side and the threat , if unchallenged , will pass . |
| 4 | If Stuart Graham can find the passion of his final speeches a little sooner in the play , and if Peter O'Meara can keep his enthusiasm on the boil , Ms Johnston 's endeavour will not have been in vain . |
| 5 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 6 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 7 | But this was too much ; he picked up the phone and left his resignation on the answering machine at Caxton House . |
| 8 | It appeared that the judge had tendered his resignation on the grounds of ill health in a letter sent to the Lord Chancellor the day before his controversial comments . |
| 9 | Gates refused to tender his resignation on the grounds that his 8,300 members were depending on him to provide strong leadership in a difficult situation ( The Guardian , 4 April 1991 ) . |
| 10 | Ion Aurel Stoica , leader of the government 's negotiating team and Minister of State for the Quality of Life and Social Security , offered his resignation on the same day but it was rejected by Roman . |
| 11 | He explained his resignation on the grounds that he wanted to spend more time preparing his candidacy for forthcoming presidential elections . |
| 12 | A farmer said he saw a car down his lane on the Sunday night — just a pair of headlights , he thought it was a courting couple ; but that was on the other side of the ridge , away from Miller 's End . ’ |
| 13 | It helps explain his fixation on the details of other people 's erotic lives , the keyhole stuff that filled his files , the anger — envy , perhaps — which made him project homosexuality onto all manner of public figures . |
| 14 | His Genius on the field spurred Blackpool to a famous win against Bolton in the 1953 cup final . |
| 15 | As he straightened up he seemed to have left his heart on the floor with the empty ice-cream carton . |
| 16 | he 's got his heart on the right instead of his left , the liver on the left instead of the right , the appendix on the left instead of the right and other internal organs possibly |
| 17 | During the winter of 1917–18 , in his course on the principles underlying the treatment of injuries to muscles , bones , and joints , ( Sir ) Arthur Keith [ q.v. ] gave a lecture on Thomas at the Royal College of Surgeons , and in 1920 the Liverpool Medical Institution founded a Hugh Owen Thomas memorial lecture . |
| 18 | Confirming Stanger 's inclusion , the only new cap in a team to be captained by David Sole , Bob Munro , the selection chairman , said the player had grasped his opportunity on the summer trip to Japan . |
| 19 | From time to time he checked his route on the map . |
| 20 | He rose , and walked over to the door , scooping up his shirt on the way . |
| 21 | Oliver turned out his pockets and spread out his loot on the ground . |
| 22 | I 'm going to sleep in his tent on the journey , but I do n't want to . |
| 23 | On 28 January 1834 , before the payment dates of the second and third notes , Samuel Revill offered and the plaintiff accepted £100 in discharge of his liability on the three notes . |
| 24 | Mark Kiff went to get his verdict on the game . |
| 25 | He wrote his PhD on the climate , moved to McGill university in Montreal , then to the universities of Cincinatti and Hawaii . |
| 26 | As he put his foot on the doorstep , a young man seemed to jostle him — it was young McCulloch from Weem , the sulky handsome lad with the curly head — why had he come hanging about here instead of hearing his own man preach in Weem ? |
| 27 | Philip put his foot on the ledge and his hands on the window and wriggled through . |
| 28 | When the driver pushes the throttle button or puts his foot on the pedal , there is none of the usual mechanical linkage there to swing into action . |
| 29 | They were spectacular efforts often launched some distance from the target , who would be dillying and dallying with his foot on the ball when , suddenly and without warning , he would end up in a twisted heap at the bottom of our wall amid a terrible noise of stud on bone . |
| 30 | To get out of bed , the patient first lies on his back , clasps his hands together , keeping his elbows straight , and bends his unaffected knee , keeping his foot on the bed . |