Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] attention on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fixed my attention on the tower of the library which the priest , Sauniere , had built on the edge of a precipice overlooking the distant village of Esperaza . |
| 2 | Ada Neumann shook her head in resignation and once again concentrated her attention on the speaker . |
| 3 | It was in the thirties , with the expansion of the commercial library ( Boots lending library , for example ) that Mills and Boon concentrated their attention on the production of romance fiction , published in cheap brown bindings . |
| 4 | Oil consumers , whether directly or indirectly concerned , concentrated their attention on the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf , through which flowed some 20 per cent of the oil supplies of the world outside the CPEs and which shifted into sharp focus as the war intensified . |
| 5 | Usually they concentrated their attention on the roof . |
| 6 | In his wisdom , Lord Mountbatten saw what was happening and , after his retirement in 1965 , concentrated his attention on the young Prince and became a vital figure in his life . |
| 7 | Convinced that the ploy was about to be put into operation , Manville concentrated his attention on the hood of the Dodge , just above the offside wheel . |
| 8 | He concentrated his attention on the trolley . |
| 9 | At Hinde House this team of teachers was selected by the staff and centred its attention on the transition from middle schools to the secondary sector and the curriculum which should be provided in the Y8 group . |
| 10 | Instead , she focused her attention on the children as they opened the box pews and , in the case of the young ones , helped one another on to the seats . |
| 11 | Anyway , ’ she focused her attention on the list she was checking , ‘ I 'm not worried . |
| 12 | Turner focused his attention on the trolley which was pointing towards the area of grandstands . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |
| 14 | He centred his attention on the sovereignty of Parliament , the conventions of the constitution , and the rule of law . |