Example sentences of "[verb] on [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , comment was made of c thirteen , we do when we design our roads , actually already put catchment areas in , so that if a lorry load of diesel happens to split on it that , that there are drains to hold it . |
| 2 | Rid yourself of the outmoded fear that pasta , potatoes and rice per se are bad for you : remember it 's the butter , bolognese and piles of cheese you put on them that does the damage . |
| 3 | It 's the hold he 's got on me that 's the trouble . |
| 4 | As Silvia continued to inflict on her that look of pained horror , Ronni folded her arms and assumed a school-teacherish expression . |
| 5 | Gradually it began to dawn on me that while in the celluloid world all things were possible , in the other world it was quite a different story . |
| 6 | What sort of effect did it have on you that kind of directness ? |
| 7 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 8 | On the other is the atmosphere in schools , with its contempt of anything Indian or Pakistani , which impresses on them that western dress is superior to anything Asian . |
| 9 | return spring gone on it that 's all |
| 10 | A policeman came to call on me that Thursday evening , after Angy 's body had been found , asking what time the class ended and where I went afterwards … that sort of thing . |
| 11 | When Giorgio had descended on us that day in the train he had asked her to advance him the money to build the new car , and when she had turned him down he was furious . |
| 12 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 13 | Fortune smiled on me that night , and what could have been a disaster was averted . |
| 14 | ‘ McAllister ? ’ he said , looking up , surprised , to impress on her that maid servants , even American ones , were not supposed to quiz the Master when he was at work — should not even originate a conversation with him . |