Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But seven pairs of eyes fastened on him at this news , each with their separate thoughts . |
| 2 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 3 | When she looked back at Mick she allowed her gaze to rest on him for some seconds before she answered , ‘ Of course I know who it is . |
| 4 | Much of his later work , achieved under the shadow of inexorably crippling and ultimately fatal illness , which he faced with the utmost fortitude , was latterly facilitated by the research fellowship conferred on him by All Souls in 1954 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been dealing with your affairs for some considerable time , Jenna , ’ he pointed out , as if it had been a dreadful chore wished on him by some unseen and malevolent spirit . |
| 6 | Her own tongue moved on him in sympathetic sorcery . |
| 7 | Seated where he is , Rhys Williams knows one false move could mean the might of God descending on him at any moment . |
| 8 | They said one MP was in tears , such was the pressure put on him by Tory whips . |
| 9 | His life aboard was entirely idle ; the others waited on him like two wives , catering to his needs and bolstering his ego . |
| 10 | The Shah now showed himself incapable of decisive action , Dispatches form Both the British and the American embassies at the time commented on him with patronizing contempt . |
| 11 | SALMAN RUSHDIE made a dramatic television appeal yesterday for a meeting with the Prime Minister to fortify his campaign to end the fatwa sentence of death imposed on him by Iranian fundamentalists . |