Example sentences of "on [pers pn] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was packing my kit when it dawned on me that the squad session would be over before I got there and that I would be concerned mainly with being kitted out as a member of the World Cup squad ’ . |
| 2 | In a moment of inspiration , she found something else : ‘ I shall never forget my utter amazement when the truth dawned on me that the outline of a lion was drawn by the curves of the Cary river , below the old capital town of Somerset ’ . |
| 3 | It was n't until I heard Dennis say , ‘ I 'll just fetch up another bottle of the Hunter Valley ’ that it was borne in on me that the woman who was frenching me and bringing herself off on my belt buckle was none other than Karen Parsons , the wife of Dennis Parsons , who was currently six feet away on the other side of the dining-room door and closing rapidly . |
| 4 | It was not until I saw a sailor much smaller than myself performing in a Force 6 that it dawned on me that the answer must lie in a good technique . |
| 5 | Laura was not in a great hurry to find a new designer if only because it was dawning on her that the company needed more of a skilled copier than an original artist . |
| 6 | Not until she was quite grown up did it dawn on her that the questioner was asking about — or , rather , refuting — the possibility of any mother actually rejecting her child . |
| 7 | The Substitute would have been willing to bet every cigar he had on him that the Brigadier had been about to add ‘ before you were born ’ . |
| 8 | Iain did n't notice her for a while , but eventually it dawned on him that the blur in the corner of his eye was n't just a blob of grease on his eyelash . |
| 9 | There he was , trotting out the same old tale for the umpteenth time to Sir Robin Day on Thames Television 's This Week , when , inspired by a throwaway remark by his interviewer , it dawned on him that the soapbox trick might succeed with the country as a whole . |
| 10 | I 'd like to take a bet on it that the mother wears the trousers . ’ |
| 11 | To get the most out of TV and radio appearances it is sensible to inform other departments in your organisation who can capitalise on it that the piece will be appearing . |