Example sentences of "[vb past] on deaf [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm it landed on deaf ears . |
| 2 | All pleas fell on deaf ears . |
| 3 | Protests by hundreds of Dutch , Scandinavian , West German and British people fell on deaf ears as they were turned away . |
| 4 | Clearly it fell on deaf ears . |
| 5 | They formulated a programme of demands , but these fell on deaf ears in Petrograd . |
| 6 | I think this play upon words fell on deaf ears . |
| 7 | But their pleas fell on deaf ears , as Mr Major dug himself deep into his bunker and pretended the sterling crisis had never happened . |
| 8 | National campaigns , like the support for Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936 , and the portrayal of the BUF as a peace movement in the later 1930s , either fell on deaf ears or were only partially successful in changing the focus of fascist politics from the parish pump and the anti-immigrant concerns of the East End of London to wider issues . |
| 9 | Those words fell on deaf ears . |
| 10 | An attempt to contest Japan 's control over Korean foreign policy at the Hague peace Conference in 1907 fell on deaf ears ; whether Korea was , or was not , independent meant little to most of the nations of the West . |
| 11 | His appeal fell on deaf ears . |
| 12 | She had tried everything … appealing to common sense , persuasion , threats … but it all fell on deaf ears . |
| 13 | Her vituperative comments fell on deaf ears . |
| 14 | Her assurances fell on deaf ears . |
| 15 | ‘ The voice of the Masters ( ship Captains ) fell on deaf ears ashore . ’ |
| 16 | In February he was told that Britain would probably be invading Norway soon , but his pleas to be in place beforehand fell on deaf ears . |
| 17 | A last-minute plea to the Scottish Office by the North Tayside MP , Bill Walker , for a few more days ' grace to allow the Diplexcito family to ‘ depart with dignity ’ from their home of 17 years fell on deaf ears . |
| 18 | Ted Dexter , England 's chairman of selectors , last year appealed to counties to give their international players time off after tours — a request which mainly fell on deaf ears . |