Example sentences of "[vb -s] on i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ole cow must 'ave seen me go in there from the winder an' suddenly the law pounces on me . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I think when Charles starts on me , I lapse into a sort of prayer . |
| 3 | Everyone starts on me |
| 4 | ‘ Everything depends on me , ’ Kezia said , and I nearly laughed out loud . |
| 5 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 6 | The overseas contingent is going to be the big unknown , but a lot depends on me and how I run . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He depends on me , you see . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , we still got ‘ im , ’ said the Old Stager contemptuously , indicating the Smallholder , our other opener still in the middle , who stood looking modestly and determinedly at the bottom of his raised bat , as if to say : ‘ Now it all depends on me . ’ |
| 9 | The key to such a system is that everyone asks : Who in this organization depends on me for what information ? |
| 10 | ‘ I know it all depends on me how I stand up to games and how I play . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why ca n't you bloody well wipe it off before it drips on me ? |
| 12 | It grows on me . |
| 13 | In case it spits on me ! |
| 14 | Gets on me nerves . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She spies on me . |
| 16 | You do not do me justice , my dallta , for what you do reflects on me also , and they laugh at me with you because you let a wee Campbell lassie put a petticoat on you ! ’ |
| 17 | How do you suppose that reflects on me ? ’ |
| 18 | when I can feel that the sole responsibility rests on me for everything , whether it be a small crisis like this [ the Munshi rising ] , with the necessary action taken to preserve life , and to re-establish prestige or whether it be , as my day 's task has been , to confirm the hanging of criminals or the penal servitude , or the petty punishments of others , watching jealously that the executive officer does not inflict punishments which are unfair , or that the legal adviser does not hamper true justice by technical objections . |
| 19 | I suspect that Mum is angry about this , as she usually relies on me in the summer to look after my younger sister while she is at work . |
| 20 | I do it because she relies on me , she ca n't get down there on her own . |
| 21 | She relies on me . |
| 22 | He turns on me , holding the knife out in front of him like a torch . |
| 23 | yes , it also er imposes on me the obligation of course erm under G of article three does n't it ? which I imagine , but you can tell me if I 'm wrong Mr is the one , is probably the one article erm , part of the article under which such things is the insurance directive is er produced , but I maybe wrong |
| 24 | He fetches half a tree in his dripping mouth and insists on me throwing it for him to fetch . |
| 25 | Gabriel weighs on me … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But the whole responsibility of the business falls on me and I 've no authority … |
| 27 | ‘ Everyone picks on me and , like Kevin , I get sent to my room all the time until I 'm ready to say sorry . |
| 28 | Then it dawns on me : the model is a Barbie doll , f'chrissake ! |
| 29 | It dawns on me that if he had not succeeded in entering her then it is not legally rape . |
| 30 | And he bou he bought me this top and he bought me a , a polo neck and bought me a C D and then we went out to supper and then we went to a pub and everything and erm , you know , had a really decent conversation with him and just talking to him makes me think , you know , and it dawns on me that he 's just a big he 's just a big child and he 's not , he 's never grown , he 's not , you 're not gon na grow up . |