Example sentences of "[vb past] on [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Erin pronounced on me the Draoicht Tinneas Siorai . |
| 2 | Jones had then worked closely with the docks employer , Lord Aldington , in getting a new wages agreement for the docks including a settlement for the problem of casual labour which drew on him the fire of many militant shop stewards amongst the stevedores . |
| 3 | Adrift and in debt , Rolfe was taken in by the Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini , who conferred on him the title of Baron Corvo before he returned to England later in the year . |
| 4 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 5 | They pressed on him the anomalies between loyalist and republican sentences . |
| 6 | the more I worked on it the more it began to evolve into another kind of idea and the more removed it became from my initial study which had so much freedom and energy , so I stopped . |
| 7 | He urged on me the need to embark on a full-sized book , and to send him a synopsis as soon as possible . |
| 8 | but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch |
| 9 | I impressed on them the need to bring independence to Namibia and progress in South Africa . |
| 10 | I was a fool but nobody impressed on me the need to save . |
| 11 | In general , what lenders told us about their procedures for deciding for or against a loan ( or other credit advance ) impressed on us the care with which they try to avoid turning away potential sound customers , After all , making their own requirements too strict would limit their business too narrowly . |