Example sentences of "on by all " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt relieved that I had my scar from the fight at the summer party and so looked the same as everybody else — I was afraid of appearing different or clever which meant that I would be noticed by the Corporals and picked on by all the others . |
| 2 | Labour Governments are always constrained by cost considerations and by the financial disasters brought on by all the spending commitments that they claim are priorities and then have to jettison one by one . |
| 3 | Her mother had been a famous courtesan , doted on by all Cairo but in particular by Nuri , who , though a mature man , had taken the reckless step of proposing that she become his wife and a member of his harem . |
| 4 | ‘ However , I would n't mind living in a huge London house in Knightsbridge , and being waited on by all those servants . |
| 5 | His actions were ‘ brought on by all three incidents running together , ’ he said . |
| 6 | This rarest of distinctions in surgery is decided on by all three Royal colleges of surgeons in the United Kingdom and was a great source of pride to Prof Gibson . |