Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are also very confident people with a secure sense of their own identity , and are able to resist the various pressures brought to bear on them by friends , relatives and society . |
| 2 | We all want basic comforts , but there are intelligent ways of producing these comforts and intelligent limits to impose on oneself in order not to foul the nest for everybody else . |
| 3 | For comparison , he asked the Head of Department to comment on it in terms of variety and amount . |
| 4 | ‘ There is enough trouble for pensioners in this day and age without them having to go out and meet people such as you waiting to prey on them like jackals . ’ |
| 5 | GUESTS staying in Holiday Inn hotels did n't realise they were paying for a surprise extra — a peephole for staff to spy on them in bed . |
| 6 | Fourteen people sat down to dinner at the house , a local man , Thomas Jones , being employed to wait on them at table . |
| 7 | He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support . |
| 8 | In the summer of 1924 , during my first year at Eton , Ras Tafari , later to be Emperor Haile Selassie but at that time Regent , paid a State Visit to England and invited my mother and me to call on him in London . |
| 9 | Well I tried to get on one on Monday |
| 10 | Acceptance of the offer of employment in the new location would have meant her mother being left alone for periods of seven or more hours as Mrs Cahuac would not be able to check on her at lunchtimes as she was able to do while working in Hackney . |
| 11 | Remember to check on them from time to time and water them carefully if the compost seems dry . |
| 12 | She came to rely on me for help and support and I am very , very upset . |
| 13 | The spines are situated on the dorsal fin and around the head and it is all too easy to step on them by mistake . |