Example sentences of "[adv] on [pron] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Vivienne came down on me like a dragon . |
| 2 | I made the mistake of criticizing you and she came down on me like a ton of bricks . ’ |
| 3 | He went straight over to Brian , saying , ‘ So , you want escape ? ’ and started raining blows down on him with a stick . |
| 4 | ‘ Now I wo n't come down on him like a ton of bricks if he misses chances but I do n't want to see him becoming uptight and letting other aspects of his game suffer if things do n't go right — as against Norway . |
| 5 | And the committee could have come down on him like a ton of bricks . |
| 6 | She was bearing down on him like a bull in full charge when he jumped the wide steps and with a cry of terror threw himself against the front door of the house . |
| 7 | If anyone was coming here to do some subversive overthrowing , everyone 'd be down on him like a pound of bricks as soon as he answered ‘ Yes ’ . ’ |
| 8 | The woman looked down on them for a moment ; not seeming to see Lucy at all , she was looking at Josie . |
| 9 | So there was bad feeling from the start : the tourists resentful of the Swedes , who looked down on them as a bunch of grubby anarchists . |
| 10 | So , the Bizango will come down on them like a ton of bricks if they get the chance , for both the unauthorized zombis and the rabble rousing . ’ |
| 11 | The arch of the sky bore down on her like a chain , and the sounds of the camp returned , the shouts and jokes of the Englishmen , the ceaseless crash of the axe for wood and more wood to build . |
| 12 | Yussuf bore down on her in a fury . |
| 13 | Isabel had one quick glimpse of the fire smouldering in fitzAlan 's eyes as he lifted his head , then his mouth came down on hers in a kiss of such male dominance that she went completely limp . |
| 14 | ‘ Mother Francis will be down on us like a ton of bricks . ’ |
| 15 | We do n't want no bleedin' bullets flyin' about , guv , if yer do n't mind , it 'll bring the rozzers down on us like a ton of bricks , even in this fog . |
| 16 | But we have to do it , they 'd be absolutely down on us like a ton of bricks if we did n't . |
| 17 | The atmosphere in his office seemed to be closing in on her in an intimacy which she must avoid at all costs . |
| 18 | Astronomers can observe this happening because of the emission of infra-red energy , with dense clouds collapsing in on themselves at a rate of half a mile per second . |
| 19 | The mirrors over God 's throne and Gabriel 's shattered — bang ! bang ! — like two shots from a gun , and the pageant , which was lying on its back , sagged in on itself like a man breathing his last . |
| 20 | It was as if his hand had begun to die on him , turning in on itself like a leaf , drying out and getting thin . |
| 21 | It was really awful , travelling back to Leeds and finding your life cave in on you in a week . |
| 22 | It 's been creeping up on me for a while . |
| 23 | Though Japanese prints , which he collected avidly , helped distil their decorative beauty , their strict linearity is at times offset by whip-lash curves , as the line of the trees doubles back on itself at a bend in the river . |
| 24 | Amber swung round on him in a flash of red hair . |
| 25 | After playing happily on it for a while we romped back to our sleeping bags and a meal , excited at the prospect of getting to grips next morning with the classic grade V , Sticil Face . |