Example sentences of "on [pers pn] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 2 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 3 | The more frequently graded tests are used , the better will be the understanding of those who are to rely on them for the selection of candidates . |
| 4 | I 'm going to keep a short rope on you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 5 | They did not pick on you for the hell of it . |
| 6 | It is contained in the old aphorism ‘ the child is father to the man ’ , and expresses the belief that a child 's experiences in the early years will leave a mark on him for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | By contrast , he did inherit a destructive family situation which weighed heavily on him for the rest of his life . |
| 8 | A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival . |
| 9 | The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy . |
| 10 | He made a pun on it for the title of his revue Cranks . |
| 11 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 12 | Mr. Harrison relies on it for the statement in the judgment of Lord Denman C.J. , at p. 683 : ‘ The debtee 's discharge of one joint and several debtor is a discharge of all . ’ |
| 13 | Later , when the Northern Ireland Office was established , it relied heavily on it for the information on which it based security and political activities . |