Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [conj] [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 | And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation . |
| 15 | However , children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism , since it may have little effect on them except to confirm their worst beliefs about themselves and reduce their efforts . |
| 16 | Send me letters here still and I shall ask my new friend Mr ( wall-eyed ) Wood ( prop. ) to sit on them or speed them to another valley by pigeon post . |
| 17 | And so you get these , these somewhat stupefied er or one over the eight wasps rolling around , er and er you know , not , not being terribly active , but that , that is the time at which of course people do tend to tread on them or pick them up and get stung . |
| 18 | As an alternative to ruled horizontal lines , any subtotals in columns can be offset to the right a little to assist the reader to focus on them or discard them as required . |
| 19 | 5 Be wary of topics such as politics , sex , race and religion which are very effective in getting a discussion going , as people often have strong feelings on them or find them interesting , but there is the danger of hostility being generated and the discussion getting out of control . |
| 20 | Canvassers for the main parties report ‘ white-hot indifference ’ mingled with ‘ raging boredom ’ as householders slam their doors on them or attack them with peashooters and water pistols from upper windows with a degree of commitment to the democratic process which experienced observers described as ‘ unprecedented ’ and ‘ profoundly conducive to thought ’ . |
| 21 | So after they had fasted and prayed , they placed their hands on them and sent them off . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Maybe they 're allowing men to put this burden on them and accepting it too readily . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | People take malicious pleasure in cutting in on them and burning them off at traffic lights . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He took them off , breathed on them and polished them clean with his handkerchief , which was now very dirty . |