Example sentences of "on [pers pn] at [adj] [noun] " 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 | Keep one eye on them at all times to avoid problems . |
4 | Hitch , Morton and McCann stood over the other three men while they transferred the precious cargo , guns trained on them at all times . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
9 | But Wilkinson said : ‘ I am not interested in Manchester United and gaining or losing points on them at this stage . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | 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 . ’ |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Talking to Gavin Selerie in 1983 McGrath detailed some of the influences that came to work on him at that time . |
14 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
15 | Seated where he is , Rhys Williams knows one false move could mean the might of God descending on him at any moment . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | But seven pairs of eyes fastened on him at this news , each with their separate thoughts . |
18 | Who could it be calling on him at this time of night ? |
19 | And we were not too keen on it at that time but had been all right . |
20 | I 'd want to know how much the people who are working on it at all stages are paid , if they 're paid a living wage . |
21 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | I have dwelt on it at some length because I believe the opposite to be the case . |
26 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Remember that cup of tea cos the water gave out on us at one stage ! |
29 | The bookies are quoting us at 40–1 and you can bet one or two of the lads have got a few bob on us at those odds . |