Example sentences of "it was [verb] on [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opaque white mist pressed up against the glass , obscuring the outside world , and it was born on her how silent it seemed . |
| 2 | The clock above the fireplace chimed out its message , but it was lost on them . |
| 3 | Laura was not in a great hurry to find a new designer if only because it was dawning on her that the company needed more of a skilled copier than an original artist . |
| 4 | Ven swiftly reassured her , and — even while it was dawning on her how he was accepting her ‘ no ’ without question when she had been giving him a ‘ yes , yes , yes ’ for the past five minutes , he was reaching for her wrap . |
| 5 | Charles worried about the effect it was having on her ; and grew angry and frustrated on his own behalf , that no one seemed interested in the ills of the world . |
| 6 | It is n't worth it if it was foisted on you , or you inherited it 's got to be a personal thing . |
| 7 | I did what it was laid on me to do . |
| 8 | It — it was forced on me . |
| 9 | Now it was forced on me . |
| 10 | He did n't much approve of animal experimentation in the first place , so I 'd guess that it was forced on him by the sponsor . ’ |
| 11 | According to Washington , the president regrets the decision , and says it was forced on him by the intransigence of the Russians . |
| 12 | Trellis is a useful compromise and you can always pretend it was forced on you by the speed of growth of your climbing rose . |
| 13 | Even while it was registering on her from the newspapers in his hands that he was no lie-a-bed but was up and had been out for his paper , he was taking in the damp , startled look of her and , feigning surprise himself , ‘ It 's a mermaid ! ’ he declared . |