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Example sentences of "[verb] on [verb] me " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He concentrated on training me to become an Olympic athlete .
2	have moved on Ask me once to go with you
3	‘ There you are , Mrs Sutherland , ’ he 'd say , as if the sun had risen on seeing me , or indeed , I was the sun .
4	‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up .
5	I would n't mind being shot , but I 'm sure Raimundo would insist on raping me first .
6	I was afflicted with a disease bent on destroying me .
7	There did not seem to be a satisfactory answer to that and indeed to prolonging this very bitter rollicking that he was bent on awarding me .
8	If you were so set on helping me then why did n't you just come straight over and … ’
9	He was set on sweepin' me off me feet and doin' me wrong .
10	I had seen him turn human with Margaret , but that glimpse had not been enough to tell me now whether he had stopped on recognizing me for her sake or because I was a Benedict 's nurse .
11	Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ .
12	Then she insists on showing me a toy that ‘ goes off pop ! ’
13	You know nothing about me , and yet you insist on crediting me with a lifestyle more likely your own ! ’
14	Do you really expect me to believe that it 's out of respect for my position that you insist on calling me Mr Vass ? ’
15	‘ Those great bully-boys of yours were insisting on dragging me away from the children , who were crying and practically having hysterics in the midst of all that noise and shouting .
16	You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure .
17	We had to entertain a very prim and proper Swiss lady the other day and she insisted on addressing me as Madame Professor Wotherspoon .
18	Refusing to rise to the bait , she visualised and counted ten elephants , a hangover habit from her childhood , then , her voice tightly controlled , asked , ‘ Would you please explain why you insisted on bringing me here instead of taking me to the Trevi ? ’
19	He 'd only met Bogie and I — over in the pub , the Dirty Duck , for about half an hour when he insisted on taking me round to Shakespeare 's birthplace .
20	He insisted on calling me the Professor of French Letters — introduced me to everyone as that in the pubs .
21	They disappeared for hours to look at some rare book and Lionel insisted on seeing me home . ’
22	She insisted on seeing me alone , and you know Shallot !
23	She insisted on telling me her entire life story , regardless of whether I wanted to listen or not . ’
24	My mother insisted on accompanying me to the tailor to ensure that I got something sensible .
25	Dolores insisted on accompanying me , and because that was what I was supposed to be doing , escorting her , I did n't raise any objections .
26	And when my horse slipped and fell on the ice , a little figure appeared and insisted on helping me .
27	Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union .
28	When the pub dosed , the Chairman insisted on walking me home .
29	Did not get the job — dear , former [ xx ] Manager , drove me up there ( 6 miles north of Perth ) and then on to Dunkeld where he insisted on giving me lunch — he had originally thought of taking me to Gleneagles , but I had to get back to the outplacement people — and did so , only to find ‘ my ’ counsellor had , for the third time , failed to keep an appointment with me .
30	I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal .