Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd better not get any on me after I 've done this , put it that way .
2 BELVILLE : I had thought you should have sat at table with me , but when I find you can not forget your original but must prefer my menials to me , you shall wait on me while I sup .
3 It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music .
4 He nods morosely , as if he always knew I would leave him , and he tries to impress on me that I have to disappear out of sight .
5 This was the old slug 's vicious inheritance , Carson thought bitterly , to dump the money on me before I 'd had a chance to learn how to fight for it or to handle it and too late for it to be of any real use .
6 ‘ You look pale , and I do n't want you passing out on me before I 've heard the rest of this story . ’
7 He is not to walk out on me before I run out of steam .
8 But I got twe so that Mark blamed it on me but I 'd sussed it , as soon as starts tramping
9 ‘ Not unless you have even more an effect on me than I think you have .
10 Three pairs of eyes focused on me and I felt like the family pet , the Old English sheepdog that 's lost its marbles and joined up with the wolf pack to go worrying innocent lambs .
11 The hospital 's central heating had been doing a fine job of drying everything on me and I felt like one of those old-fashioned clothes-horses , steaming slightly in warm air .
12 The article made a deep impression on me and I thought what a wonderful coastline it would be to explore .
13 I now realize what a great honour it is to have this Presidential Chain bestowed on me and I trust that I will be able to uphold and fulfil my obligations as President , particularly when I reflect upon the contributions made by my predecessors .
14 They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me .
15 ‘ But the whole responsibility of the business falls on me and I 've no authority …
16 And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips !
17 ‘ And so they did : Cottle , Gifford and everybody turned their backs on me and I recited it .
18 I 've never seen anything so fast ; then she began on me and I said to wait .
19 They formated on me and I led the formation back to the island .
20 Yeah see I 've only got like erm two quid on me and I need to get home tomorrow and and I wo n't have anywhere to stay cos Dan and Honey are n't going and I 'd rather stick with them and Emma and Nick and just go back to erm Nick 's house
21 The wedding dress hung loosely on me and I appeared to myself , reflected in the cheval mirror , gratifyingly ridiculous .
22 And that that made a big influence on me and I swore it 'd never happen to my kids .
23 The woman with whom we boarded took pity on me and I worked in the house with her .
24 ‘ My dad plays tricks on me and I play them on him .
25 There would be no room for the birds to fly , and dead birds would fall on me as I walked .
26 The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track .
27 ‘ I made a conscious decision to go out as much as possible when I had the baby , ’ she says , ‘ because I knew the walls would close in on me if I did n't .
28 But like , Mr really really bad like maths teacher , he goes erm he goes to , she goes to him the other day oh you 're only picking on me cos I got ginger hair !
29 Well you 're one up on me cos I do n't !
30 Some people are wary of keeping Plecs in an aquarium with Discus as there have been cases of Plecs grazing off the sides of the Discus and leaving sucker marks on them but I have not seen any evidence of this from the Spotted Orange Pleco .
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