Example sentences of "on [pers pn] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 One which , in your case , is , I realise , unnecessary , tiresome , perhaps worse — but I will explain all that , I will tell your referees of the peculiarity of this circumstance , the onus will be on me and trust me , Colonel Hope , I shall not let Amaryllis or yourself down .
2 They ganged up on me and nicked my harmonica .
3 I want you to unload all your problems on me and let me take care of them .
4 Underhill then turned on me and bit me on the back of the hand .
5 We all four ducked , there was a vivid white flash , the road on which I was crouching split in several directions , deep black crevices , then stuff came down on me and numbed my back and head .
6 But at the funeral , in a fit of hysteria , she turned on me and blamed me for causing her father 's death .
7 Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there .
8 Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire .
9 He relaxed his death-hold on me and made me sit down with him on a convenient bench .
10 I only take on fit guys that do n't heart-attack on me and get their family and friends down here sueing .
11 I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’
12 The residents , a kind couple , took compassion on me and provided my needs , refusing payment .
13 At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time .
14 So after they had fasted and prayed , they placed their hands on them and sent them off .
15 Now she 's been having an argument with the council and while she 's been arguing , you know she 's got a grievance , while she 's been arguing she takes her anger out on them and tells them what she thinks of them .
16 And they spat on him , and took the reed and began to beat him on the head , and after they had mocked him they took his robe off and put his garments on them and led him away to be , to crucify him .
17 Maybe they 're allowing men to put this burden on them and accepting it too readily .
18 Privately Captain Simcox hoped the IRA would be a match for the Tans — well , perhaps that was expecting too much — but it would be something if they could put some manners on them and give them a bloody nose now and again .
19 People take malicious pleasure in cutting in on them and burning them off at traffic lights .
20 I refused to let the nurse wield her scissors on them and put myself through gyrations of a one-legged contortionist to get them off whole .
21 But they did not maintain an image ; or at least , not until an outsider pressed them , assembled one from what he thought were the parts , tried it out on them and modified it to accommodate their comments and additional information .
22 For example , they can do more when they can produce written language because they can write to people who are far away , or to institutions , government departments , newspapers etc. ; they can keep written records ; they can write down ideas in order to reflect on them and reformulate them ; they can elaborate complex arguments which require written support ; they can create and keep artistic artefacts — poems , plays , stories ; and so on .
23 He took them off , breathed on them and polished them clean with his handkerchief , which was now very dirty .
24 In one of his operations he had British Intelligence print hundreds of thousands of fake stamps with a picture of Himmler on them and distributed them through Switzerland into Germany .
25 Shildon closed in on them and mentioned he had arrived late because Wickham had wanted to question him .
26 She had modelled her speech on his and asked him to correct her if she said something wrong .
27 I was just supposed to keep an eye on you and let you lead us to the enemy .
28 We 'll patch in on you and join you if you tell us where you are . ’
29 You got fed regularly and women waited on you and asked you how you felt .
30 She used to stagger , and if you did n't watch out she 'd come down on you and crush you while you were a-shoeing her .
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