Example sentences of "on she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that Anne now relied on her to the extent of being somewhat lost without her , gave Joan a curious but none the less pleasurable sense of power .
2 But you could smell the mandrake fruit on her across the room .
3 All during the meal , she 'd been aware of his eyes on her across the table , the warmth in them as tangible as a caressing hand .
4 ‘ Is this how princes use their power and privilege ? ’ she raged , and his hands loosened their grip on her at the fury in her face .
5 A black depression descended on her at the thought .
6 In other words , according to this view , Germany along with all the other nations stumbled into war in nineteen fourteen , was then declared , simply because she was the defeated party , declared to be the guilty party , erm had punitive terms imposed on her at the Treaty of Versailles , and as a result of this moved towards extremism in internal politics , with the erm consequence that the Democratic Republic of Weimar collapsed , erm Hitler came to power , and Hitler was some kind of evil person , a Satanic messenger from Hell , who first of all visited his atrocities on , on the Germans before doing the same to Europe as a whole .
7 Mr Butner — who developed a friendly , working relationship with Diana — eventually called on her at the palace .
8 the stimulator on her at the moment .
9 He had dropped all this on her as a shock .
10 ‘ She 's only seven years older than me and so I 've never looked on her as a mother figure .
11 She said she liked to think that the younger women looked on her as a mother , but of course they did n't : they found her faintly ridiculous , old-fashioned , gullible , naive .
12 If he spoke to a girl a couple of times he would tend to look on her as a girlfriend .
13 This did not prevent Minton 's relationship with Susan Einzig becoming , for her , one of the most important in her life and his positive influence on her as an artist endures to this day .
14 That 's right on her on the copy of that .
15 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 . ’
16 Kyle pretended to gaze around the carriage , his eyes lingering on her for a moment .
17 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
18 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 .
19 His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go .
20 She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth .
21 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 .
22 He took it out on Scarlet in the same way as he avenged himself on her for the pressures at work and the demands of his first wife .
23 The boy came over to Tallis and began to work on her with a knife .
24 David 's eyes were fixed on her with an intensity she had n't seen before .
25 The sun shone down on her through the glass , and added to the headache that was gathering behind her eyes .
26 ’ Monika claims 38-year-old Father Christopher O'Neill ran out on her before the birth of their daughter Jennifer .
27 It was strange to be driving against the press of people leaving the Jerez track , but she was hardly aware of her surroundings any more ; soon she 'd be seeing Ace again , and , in spite of his bitter attack on her before the race , at least she had known deep down that he was n't ready to part from her .
28 He smiled slowly , his eyes dwelling on her in a way which sent the warm blood pouring into her face .
29 Yussuf bore down on her in a fury .
30 Yussuf turned on her in a fury .
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