Example sentences of "on [pers pn] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been creeping up on me for a while . |
| 2 | ‘ I was so happy when he kinda stopped chewing on me for a second . ’ |
| 3 | All it is yeah , is a project yeah that six peo me and other five other people yeah in the school were asked to do yeah for a university which is studying ch er children 's language yeah and what it 's like and basically I 've got to carry it on me for a weekend yeah , record loads of different conversations on ten different tapes |
| 4 | Typical of the kind of pain Dustin would put himself through , in order to get ‘ inside ’ a character , was the way in which he developed Ratso 's limp by placing stones in one shoe and then walking on them for a day . |
| 5 | When we received it we thought it was great , but after chewing on them for a while , mum got a bit worried as the pieces we were chewing off looked like hard plastic . |
| 6 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 7 | Now she let her eyes dwell on them for a moment — Sally glowing with pride , Edward with a slightly dazed expression on his handsome face . |
| 8 | He turned his back on them for a moment , hands planted on his hips . |
| 9 | The woman looked down on them for a moment ; not seeming to see Lucy at all , she was looking at Josie . |
| 10 | I 'd like , if I may , to report your provisional findings , and to ask him to delay action on them for a week . |
| 11 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 12 | Kyle pretended to gaze around the carriage , his eyes lingering on her for a moment . |
| 13 | His hand could only have been on her for a matter of seconds , if that , but when he released her she felt as though her skin had been scorched |
| 14 | Mrs Grandison had promised her daughter that they would not inflict themselves on her for a meal — realising that Lady Selvedge might well be something of an infliction — and had assumed that from Victoria they would take a taxi to some Soho restaurant or perhaps Simpsons in the Strand . |
| 15 | His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go . |
| 16 | Philip came up to keep an eye on him for a week or so . |
| 17 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |
| 18 | I 'd love to see them manage on it for a year |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark . |
| 20 | After playing happily on it for a while we romped back to our sleeping bags and a meal , excited at the prospect of getting to grips next morning with the classic grade V , Sticil Face . |
| 21 | Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled . |
| 22 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |
| 23 | Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him . |
| 24 | Borrowing the money , let's , I mean , I do n't know , fifty thousand , let's say , put a figure on it for a moment . |
| 25 | After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month . |
| 26 | However , there is nothing in Law which prevents a player dropping the ball and then falling on it for a score . |
| 27 | No that 's where it went a bit wobbly so I made a hook on it for a carriage . |
| 28 | His hand tightened on hers for a moment . |