Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [det] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Basically , it was a late surviving example of 19th century employers ' attitudes towards their staff : checking up on them all the time or they 'd have their hands in the till , It was straight out of H.G. Wells ' Mr Kipps .
2 ‘ We say we ca n't keep an eye on them all the time , but the girls are under strict control . ’
3 He 'll want , want me to keep my eye on them all the time what he , what he 's got in mind , what 's running , when he thinks they 'll win races .
4 Yes , Tuesdays , the accounts manager , I think if everybody wants to get that reaction , if that 's the regular reaction that they get , you know , people dumping on them all the time , it is water off a duck 's back , you take it more , you take it more on board if it is an occasional thing , .
5 She plays on yours all the time about her , your Dynamike
6 I mean that church is n't in such a bad state bloody fall on you all the time .
7 The teacher kept half an eye on her all the time and noticed that the child very soon became deeply absorbed in the book .
8 This was meant to be the moment of her greatest satisfaction , when she unleashed on him all the bitterness and resentment that she had carried inside her over the years .
9 When the other students discovered that he was a Christian they picked on him all the time , frequently ruining his work .
10 And then it came turn and er was er speaking quite well when this girl behind us this wee well along side us was thumbs up on him all the time you know he was doing well and that .
11 ‘ [ The Reaganites ] put only one legislative ball in play at a time , and they kept their eye on it all the way through .
12 ‘ She got a mountain bike in her favourite colours — purple and pink — and was out on it all the time , ’ says Sandra .
13 I live there and I walk around on it all the time , it 's a way of life for me now . ’
14 ‘ It needs money spending on it all the time to keep it going and in a fair state of maintenance .
15 There 's three men been working on it all the time .
16 And I have to talk on it all the time .
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