Example sentences of "on [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was so happy when he kinda stopped chewing on me for a second . ’ |
| 2 | It 's been creeping up on me for a while . |
| 3 | All it is yeah , is a project yeah that six peo me and other five other people yeah in the school were asked to do yeah for a university which is studying ch er children 's language yeah and what it 's like and basically I 've got to carry it on me for a weekend yeah , record loads of different conversations on ten different tapes |
| 4 | Now she let her eyes dwell on them for a moment — Sally glowing with pride , Edward with a slightly dazed expression on his handsome face . |
| 5 | When we received it we thought it was great , but after chewing on them for a while , mum got a bit worried as the pieces we were chewing off looked like hard plastic . |
| 6 | Typical of the kind of pain Dustin would put himself through , in order to get ‘ inside ’ a character , was the way in which he developed Ratso 's limp by placing stones in one shoe and then walking on them for a day . |
| 7 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 8 | He turned his back on them for a moment , hands planted on his hips . |
| 9 | The woman looked down on them for a moment ; not seeming to see Lucy at all , she was looking at Josie . |
| 10 | I 'd like , if I may , to report your provisional findings , and to ask him to delay action on them for a week . |
| 11 | After the Turkish conquest of most of Hungary in the 1520s and 1530s the Hungarian nobles who had then fled westwards often still maintained claims to their former lands and even asserted their right to live tax-free on them for a limited period and to levy feudal dues in them . |
| 12 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 13 | ‘ The traditional way to eat peas is to buy them separately and put salt and vinegar on them for a sweet and sour taste . ’ |
| 14 | If you go to America you 'll still have to depend on someone for a living . ’ |
| 15 | An isolationist king means that the land of Ulthuan can turn in on itself for a thousand years or more . |
| 16 | ‘ Though we 'll need to keep an eye on you for a good while afterwards and replenish your fluids thoroughly . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , he can atone for his sins by waiting on you for a few days , ’ Jack said laughingly . |
| 18 | Kyle pretended to gaze around the carriage , his eyes lingering on her for a moment . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 23 | His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go . |
| 24 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 25 | Philip came up to keep an eye on him for a week or so . |
| 26 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |
| 27 | After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month . |
| 28 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |
| 29 | However , there is nothing in Law which prevents a player dropping the ball and then falling on it for a score . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark . |