Example sentences of "rest his [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He propped his right elbow on the table and rested his chin on the cupped hand — the pose of a football manager pondering how to redeploy his players when neither side has shown any likelihood of scoring a goal . |
| 2 | The judgment for the plaintiff was upheld by the House of Lords , but Lord Cairns L.C. rested his decision on the ground that the defendant had made a ‘ non-natural use ’ of his land , though he regarded the judgment of Blackburn J. as reaching the same result and said he entirely concurred in it . |
| 3 | Pushing his briefcase aside , he lowered himself into a chair , rested his elbow on the back , and crossed one leg over the other . |
| 4 | Killion got out of bed and went over and rested his brow on the cold glass . |
| 5 | Willie was so absorbed that he did n't notice that his knees were being licked and unconsciously he rested his hand on the back of Sammy 's neck . |
| 6 | He rested his glass on the paunch now , regarded them owlishly , and gave the impression , as always , of someone who had not gone through the usual process of growing up , but had remained a toddler , magnified to the nth degree . |
| 7 | Nonetheless I am not the least surprised that the deputy judge did not accept their expressed opinions about the deceased 's capacity and rested his judgment on the other evidence . |
| 8 | He turned to rest his head on the high stone mantel above the fire and she could see the broad shoulders outlined by the fiery light in the grate . |
| 9 | He knew that if he had had the courage he would have vowed then and there never to go back , but such courage was not his yet , but was it so bad for a man who could make no sense of how he had come to be where he was to rest his fate on the unknown course of an eagle 's life ? |
| 10 | First , instead of being content to rest his case on the distinction between commonsense and scientific language , he insisted that certainties in science , having once been established , should be regarded as aids in biblical exegesis . |
| 11 | Not content to rest his case on the prudence with which the Holy Spirit had left astronomy out of the Scriptures , he proceeded to show that the miracle of Joshua 's long day made more sense if the text was read from a Copernican standpoint . |
| 12 | This position would be retained and they proceeded each to rest his chin on the other 's shoulder — heads nuzzled close together like horses lodged in affection — and then swing their arms in order to take a grip on the flattened back of their opponent . |
| 13 | In this case the judge was not so invited and counsel may not complain of failure to exercise the discretionary power in the proviso because the learned judge was entitled to rest his judgment on the assumption referred to above . |
| 14 | Mark generally uses the flesh of his r/hand thumb and first finger , plus occasionally his second ( do n't use your fingernails ) , and for support he tends to rest his palm on the bridge and his remaining fingers on the front of the guitar … |
| 15 | ( That 's where a real musher always rests his arm on the cab window-frame during traffic jams . ) |
| 16 | why does he rest his knob on the microphone ? |
| 17 | Why does he rest his nose on the microphone ? |
| 18 | Chief Justice Hughes , writing for the New Jersey Supreme Court , put it well when he wrote , resting his decision on the fledgling constitutional doctrine of privacy but addressing the wider issue : ‘ We think that the State 's interest [ in the preservation of life ] weakens and the individual 's right of privacy grows as the degree of invasion increases and the prognosis dims . ’ |
| 19 | Shadwell put his elbow out half-way across the table in a puddle of tea , resting his cheek on the palm of his hand , and stared at me . |
| 20 | ‘ Then he 's not far off , ’ said the thin man , keeping a sharp look-out on the surrounding trees and resting his hand on the pommel of his short sword . |