Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gandhi indeed could count on the British conscience for his personal safety , but he could never count on it for political concessions — and it is clear that at some level he understood this . |
| 2 | The patient may find these activities both boring and frustrating , especially if you are constantly trying to make him concentrate on them as educational tasks . |
| 3 | In those times , a poet could descend on you with all his retinue and eat you out of house and home . |
| 4 | At the moment of its shattering hell would implode on them from all directions . |
| 5 | Hopefully , ‘ You … you could look on me as another sister . ’ |
| 6 | Those who would wish to take it in parts please show those against taking it in parts this evening we will vote on it as one amendment in that case . |
| 7 | Not only did factors draw on it in some years for London , but later in the century the rise of Plymouth as a naval centre provided a counter attraction for corn from its eastern half which might otherwise have gone into the increasingly populous western mining districts . |
| 8 | In general Chair , I 'm conscious of the time , so I wo n't dwell on it in any detail , this is essentially something at looking at the costs of running your homes , and making two comparisons . |
| 9 | I it wo n't i but it wo n't , it wo n't impinge on you at all . |
| 10 | He said that he might call on you at some other time . ’ |
| 11 | No , it 's only a te , well I mean you can only stay on it for ten months a year . |
| 12 | You can rely on her for that . |
| 13 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |
| 14 | If someone like a model says yes , I 'm gorgeous , we can all pick on her for that , saying , oh yes she 's got those looks , but what a horrible person . |
| 15 | See I , mind you whenever I 'm late you see I can get on it for twenty pence except for first thing in morning . |
| 16 | But she was right : if you did n't get on the bus while it moved , you did n't get on it at all . |
| 17 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 18 | Meredith 's sympathetic understanding did n't register on him at all and , judging by the malevolent turn to his sensually modelled mouth , he was absorbed in mentally tearing to shreds whoever had stood him up . |
| 19 | He 'll turn on me at any minute — tell me I do n't understand — it 's all my fault . |