Example sentences of "on him [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's now able to concentrate solely on his football , and it 's beginning to dawn on him just how good he really is . |
| 2 | No company would permit an unqualified accountant to audit its books , no matter how well he presents himself , and no patient would allow a doctor without qualifications to operate on him just because he has plenty of ‘ implied ’ ability . |
| 3 | It began to dawn on him just what he had said , and to whom . |
| 4 | She knew she would regret it later , but the urge to get one up on him just once was far too strong to resist . |
| 5 | That same mood was on him even now as he stood there looking up at the house . |
| 6 | A Highland pony could carry the average six foot man easily , but he would still look long legged on him even allowing for these ponies ' generous girths . |
| 7 | A Highland pony could carry the average six foot man easily , but he would still look long-legged on him even allowing for these ponies ’ generous girths . ’ |
| 8 | ( The PLAYER starts to speak , protestation , but GUIL turns on him viciously . ) |
| 9 | The idea had come on him slowly , starting as an uneasy fleeting dream . |
| 10 | The dog just leaps on him right , so he 's wrestling this dog , and he 's screaming and the dog going , growling at him and everything |
| 11 | The American champion relied on him implicitly for club selection . |
| 12 | The media spotlight shone on him most harshly when he left Marillion . |
| 13 | Responsibility visibly descended on him again as he walked . |
| 14 | The eyes turned on him again . |
| 15 | She had turned on him again that remarkable glance in which for the first time he had detected to his discomfiture a brief flash of intelligence and of calculation . |
| 16 | As they watched , they saw Derek more than once attempt to continue towards the entrance , but each time the man closed up on him again . |
| 17 | ‘ Not like this , ’ he said , putting her hands on him again . |
| 18 | Rohmer was not going to turn a gun on him again , and he was not going to allow this to happen . |
| 19 | She slammed it on him again . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Did you know that Cyril 's walked out on him again ? ’ |
| 22 | I tried the twenty on him again . |
| 23 | You mean old sod , thought Tom Tedder , torn between a consciousness of Dorothea Gilberd 's eyes on him again and some residual interest in the subject in hand . |
| 24 | For a moment the paralysis which had struck Neil from the moment that Havvie had begun his assault on her reputation was on him again . |
| 25 | She 'd be quite happy never to set eyes on him again . |
| 26 | Frankly , she could survive in great happiness for a very long time without ever setting eyes on him again . |
| 27 | I was n't depending on him anymore . |
| 28 | FitzAlan turned on him immediately . |
| 29 | Hank might be wild , but nobody had pinned anything serious on him yet . |
| 30 | Ca n't you smell the poison on him already ? ’ |