Example sentences of "[adj] on him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without his fedora his hairline was receding , and the clothe was wrong on him the way a trench coat had been right . |
| 2 | And Anthea had become emotionally dependent on him in an alarmingly short time … |
| 3 | Those who assumed that the cottage was owned by him , not her , saw her as the unmarried sister , dependent on him for houseroom , companionship , a purpose in life . |
| 4 | Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over . |
| 5 | A further consequence of this rash act was the birth of two daughters dependent on him ; Marianne ( Polly ) was born in 1753 and Elizabeth ( Bess ) in 1754 . |
| 6 | She was dependent on him . |
| 7 | I 'm trying not to get too dependent on him but it 's hard not to . |
| 8 | She does n't cry in front of Robert any more , she still tells him lies about what things cost so that she can save some money and make sure she 'll never be dependent on him again . |
| 9 | The second , and the one with which he is still struggling , required him to search for a means of making the pupils less dependent on him for their mathematics . |
| 10 | Is that why you hate him , because you 're still dependent on him . |
| 11 | So the only way I seemed to be able to keep Arthur was to become dependent on him . ’ |
| 12 | That that 's dependent on him trained |
| 13 | Hank might be wild , but nobody had pinned anything serious on him yet . |
| 14 | We can go easy on him with the questions , but I want Nate to be impressed . |
| 15 | Go easy on him ; one way or another he is or will be very distressed . ’ |
| 16 | He says conventional saddles hurt — this is more of a seat so it 's much more easy on him . |
| 17 | Her sweetly ironic tone seemed lost on him . |
| 18 | The faint note of sarcasm seemed lost on him . |
| 19 | It 's hard on him , being let off the leash Daddy kept him on , being shown the promise of Arcady and then being dragged over here . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're hard on him . ’ |
| 21 | She was too hard on him . |
| 22 | ‘ Should n't be too hard on him , ’ said Uncle Albert . |
| 23 | It was hard on him and the girl . ’ |
| 24 | It was hard on him , in a way . |
| 25 | It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days . |
| 26 | His rent was thirty-six pounds a year , which was very hard on him . |
| 27 | Lulu 's been helping him out , but it 's still been very hard on him . |
| 28 | ‘ I had the option of pulling him out because I was concerned about the ground , but the run has shown that I have been far too soft on him . |
| 29 | ‘ But I believe it would be unfair on him after being out for so long to go straight back in and do a job . |
| 30 | But he warned : ‘ Nigel has already been compared to Kenny Dalglish and I think that 's a bit unfair on him and on the fans . |