Example sentences of "on [pers pn] for [art] [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 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 5 | ‘ It means , mother , that Craig is trying to put the blame on me for the thieving he 's done . ’ |
| 6 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He turned his back on them for a moment , hands planted on his hips . |
| 12 | The woman looked down on them for a moment ; not seeming to see Lucy at all , she was looking at Josie . |
| 13 | I 'd like , if I may , to report your provisional findings , and to ask him to delay action on them for a week . |
| 14 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 15 | However , in school their energy was not always tapped and was sometimes directed towards disrupting the school or , as one pupil said : ‘ to get our own back on them for the way they have treated us ’ . |
| 16 | The more frequently graded tests are used , the better will be the understanding of those who are to rely on them for the selection of candidates . |
| 17 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 18 | But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them . |
| 19 | In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ . |
| 20 | I 'm going to keep a short rope on you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 21 | They did not pick on you for the hell of it . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Kyle pretended to gaze around the carriage , his eyes lingering on her for a moment . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go . |
| 27 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |
| 28 | She did not understand that he was mocking her , or that he would take such a revenge on her for the pleasure he found in her . |
| 29 | Philip came up to keep an eye on him for a week or so . |
| 30 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |