Example sentences of "on he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones had then worked closely with the docks employer , Lord Aldington , in getting a new wages agreement for the docks including a settlement for the problem of casual labour which drew on him the fire of many militant shop stewards amongst the stevedores . |
| 2 | I wanted to lay on him the burden of our fractured present . |
| 3 | General Booth of the Salvation Army , had recognition by the City of London conferring on him the Freedom of the City , in 1905 , which was also the year when Dr. T.J. Barnard ( the founder of the Children 's Homes that bear his name ) , died on 19th , September . |
| 4 | On him the squeezing was neutralized . |
| 5 | They pressed on him the anomalies between loyalist and republican sentences . |
| 6 | Moreover there were functions which only the lord himself could carry out , particularly in matters of justice , for as a baron of Scotland , Ramsay had the power of pit and gallows , conferring on him the right and duty to adjudicate in most issues not reserved to the crown , a grave responsibility for a man who took his obligations seriously , and one in which his brother could not replace him . |
| 7 | On him the Church was to be built . |
| 8 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 9 | Neville , however , pressed on him the support in the country that he would bring to such an administration and the effect it would have in restoring confidence . |
| 10 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 11 | Gallaudet College conferred on him the Honorary Degree of B.D. in recognition of his work for the deaf , and he was appointed an Officer of the French Academy . |
| 12 | Neville , however , pressed on him the support in the country that he would bring to such an administration , and the effect it would have in restoring confidence . |
| 13 | The governor expressed his disillusionment in letters to Penn and others : ‘ the hosts of mosquitoes are worse than armed men , yet the men without arms [ are ] worse than they ’ ; and attacked what he saw as Quaker hypocrisy : ‘ each praying with his neighbour on First Days , and then preying on him the other six ’ . |
| 14 | Adrift and in debt , Rolfe was taken in by the Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini , who conferred on him the title of Baron Corvo before he returned to England later in the year . |
| 15 | Without his fedora his hairline was receding , and the clothe was wrong on him the way a trench coat had been right . |
| 16 | It was only when the Finance Minister , Navarro Rubio , confronted Franco personally , impressed on him the absolute and urgent necessity of devaluing the peseta , and asked him how he would feel if ration cards had to be reintroduced , that Franco reluctantly gave in . |
| 17 | With all these new developments pressing in on him the last thing he could afford was an afternoon off work . |
| 18 | I kept my eye on him the whole time . ’ |
| 19 | With a price tag on 3 mill £ Wilko will not place on him the bench — even if he does n't do so well ? |
| 20 | Anyway , there 's certainly no way I 'm going to start physio on him the way things are , or at least until you or Dr Grant have given him the OK . ’ |
| 21 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |