Example sentences of "on [pers pn] that [pron] had " in BNC.

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1 It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music .
2 Some months later it dawned on me that he had put his hands on my head and what this implied !
3 Abruptly , it dawned on her that what had hurt most that fateful night of the storm was Guy 's detached dismissal of any real rapport between them .
4 She was motoring through Germany , though , when it suddenly dawned on her that she had n't asked Cara that most fundamental of questions — when was she supposed to return to England ?
5 Fabia echoed , and hoped as light dawned on her that she had got it right , ‘ You 're saying that Mr Gajdusek is going to Prague ? ’
6 Joseph said : ‘ Well , just make sure you impress on her that I had nothing to do with any murder and she is not to suggest it . ’
7 He caught a glimpse of the mast , a cable or two downwind , and it began to dawn on him that they had lost sight of him .
8 It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball .
9 She would put her life on it that he had n't .
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