Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mental strain of trying to concentrate on it with small children is considerable , and so is the physical strain of getting it all home . |
| 2 | Wiping the board clean , she began to write on it in bold letters something that would be comprehensible only to herself and Miss Harker : PLEASE HELP ME |
| 3 | How sickening of Miss Potts to pounce on her like that . |
| 4 | Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time . |
| 5 | I am so pleased with the Elna ; I began making my bedroom curtains some time ago , but had to steel myself and put them away , as the ‘ British Biographies ’ book was exerting great pressure to keep to its schedule and I had to work on it in much of my spare time . |
| 6 | Perhaps God in his wisdom has told us only a little about the nature and personhood of Satan so that we are not tempted to dwell on him with morbid fascination . |
| 7 | He had n't dared to dwell on her in those aging arms lest his rage should drive him to deeds he might regret for the rest of his life . |
| 8 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
| 9 | I 've grown to know every inch of this foul little crypt , it 's beginning to grow on me like those coats of stones on the worms in rivers . |
| 10 | When she looked back at Mick she allowed her gaze to rest on him for some seconds before she answered , ‘ Of course I know who it is . |
| 11 | I 'm not suggesting that we should n't care about these little games and trifling details of life , for God wants us to practise on them in this world ; but I would like to see us not so strained and frantic in our concern about them . |
| 12 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
| 14 | The slaves could come in , if need be , as support from the rear , resupplying the front line ; but Kit was loath to call on them at all , and they would have to fight unarmed . |
| 15 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |
| 16 | This belief in the witches power becomes more evident as the play goes on and he comes to rely on them for more . |
| 17 | It was a delight to travel on them through exciting scenery that would otherwise have been out of reach . |