Example sentences of "on [pron] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | That first night it suddenly dawned on me that they were there for me . |
| 2 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 3 | I know it 's something a Samaritan would consider unprofessional , but I enjoyed getting verbal queerbashers to hang up on me because they could n't handle what I was telling them . |
| 4 | Svetlana and her mother made a genuine impression on me because they were the first woman and child to arrive here from Poland . |
| 5 | She had known when she set eyes on them that they were nothing to do with the Smoke and nothing to do with the expedition that was preparing . |
| 6 | When the apostles came down , they felt there was ‘ something more ’ for them and proceeded to lay hands on them that they might receive it . |
| 7 | You can almost see them hold their breath when it dawns on them that they understand that Christianity is true . |
| 8 | It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill . |
| 9 | Alternatively , they lost so much money so frequently on them that they became disillusioned with all options and by proxy any other financial instruments . |
| 10 | Because it 's been that long keeping an eye on them that they could be supplying half the business on our time with and then a hundred per cent the rest of the time . |
| 11 | It will eventually dawn on them that they have killed their son and they will suffer for that reason . ’ |
| 12 | Re-make deep beds 4′ ( 1.2m ) wide incorporating plenty of organic matter ; never tread on them once they are dug . |
| 13 | He was on them before they could move , blundering.down the hall and flinging the door wide . |
| 14 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 15 | Although it seemed very efficient , one improvement I might suggest would be to mount the covers on spring rollers , because the drivers found it difficult to get to the bikes with the covers pressing on them while they worked . |
| 16 | Yeah but I do n't , see savings they 've got on suits at the moment , special offers on them cos they 're not shifting them . |
| 17 | They ca n't say they have n't got their P E kit on them cos they 've had P E today . |
| 18 | They were loath to attract adverse publicity by criticising headhunters for an unsuitable or even disastrous appointment , or felt it might be a reflection on them if they chose an unsuitable firm . |
| 19 | It was always the same wherever he went — people were drawn inexorably to him , as though some of his charisma could rub off on them if they could just get close enough . |
| 20 | She will slow her pace down for them and keep a close eye on them as they amble along near her , but she will not let them get too far away from the home base . |
| 21 | Their only condition is that their privacy be respected ; if the householder spies on them as they work , they will vanish and never return . |
| 22 | ECC D are starting to look like the team to beat in this division , after beating Maldon B 7–3 , although OCs C are keeping the pressure on them as they beat ECC E by the same scoreline . |
| 23 | They are , however , subsidized to some extent , and although the Remploy workers do a full day 's work they do not have quite such demands made on them as they would encounter in open employment . |
| 24 | ( First Edition ) LOAN SHARKS enticing people into debt , then inflicting violence on them when they fail to pay 100 per cent interest rates , are a growing and deeply disturbing aspect of inner-city poverty , a conference was told yesterday . |
| 25 | Bars turned gooey as they slid underwater — then the youngsters slipped on them when they stood up to get out . |
| 26 | With another sigh , and feeling extremely awkward because she 'd obviously been foisted on them when they had n't wanted her to be foisted , she decided not to unpack , just take out the things she would need for the night . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's hard on them because they had paid their individual fees . |
| 28 | There are others still who do not provide such fallacious arguments but regard the obligation as incumbent on them because they are citizens of the state or members of the society , because the government is their government or the law their law . |
| 29 | As a result , road safety campaigns have little effect on them because they are seen as being directed at ‘ unsafe ’ drivers . |
| 30 | How can we know what people 's interests are if they do not act on them because they are induced or coerced not to ? |