Example sentences of "on [pers pn] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing new that women have n't tried on me at one time or another . |
| 2 | He 'll turn on me at any minute — tell me I do n't understand — it 's all my fault . |
| 3 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 4 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 5 | I suppose that in a few countries like Nazi Germany in nineteen-thirty-six the erm the nation 's amateur champions were given a special backing because of the force of nationalism erm national focus of attention on them at that date , but it , it still was , they were amateurs still meeting on equal ground . |
| 6 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 7 | But Wilkinson said : ‘ I am not interested in Manchester United and gaining or losing points on them at this stage . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Telling her she 's naughty probably wo n't have much effect on her at this stage , as she wo n't really understand what that means . |
| 11 | Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time . |
| 12 | Seated where he is , Rhys Williams knows one false move could mean the might of God descending on him at any moment . |
| 13 | There was also the crazy lifestyle , in particular , with Bettye Fulford , the woman he became disengaged to when he learned she was 39 not 29 and who served a parternity order on him at this year 's US Masters . |
| 14 | But seven pairs of eyes fastened on him at this news , each with their separate thoughts . |
| 15 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
| 16 | And we were not too keen on it at that time but had been all right . |
| 17 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
| 18 | In the present case , the defendant was well aware that the council had acquired the plot in order to construct a road on it at some time in the future and meantime had no present use for the land . |
| 19 | So if we can be quite clear in our minds from now , you might get questions on it tomorrow , you might get questions on it at some point in the future during the week , but they inevitably come at some point . |
| 20 | I have dwelt on it at some length because I believe the opposite to be the case . |
| 21 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
| 22 | And since it is a counter motion , I will take it at the very end with any other counter motions , and therefore I am not asking the convenor to reply to it because if we had a vote on it at this stage , we 'd either be we , we would therefore be sealing completely this deliverance number four as it stands . |
| 23 | Remember that cup of tea cos the water gave out on us at one stage ! |