Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Certainly no impression from visits to primary schools in Africa has been borne more strongly on me than the importance of providing opportunities for the professional growth and survival of teachers in schools . |
| 6 | So when I was actually pregnant , although it would be fairer on me and the baby and everybody concerned if I did have an abortion , he made me know that he did n't really want me to have one . |
| 7 | There 's no doubt he relieved the pressure on me and the rest of the dressing-room and enabled me to enjoy my game to the full . ’ |
| 8 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 9 | Parma grew on me as the years passed . |
| 10 | Right , cos it only dawned on me cos the first of September |
| 11 | she said there 's a delay on them but the any that went , they 'll definitely be in tomorrow . |
| 12 | They are also very sensitive to light , so it is no good shining a torch on them unless the beam is shielded by red plastic . |
| 13 | Toast the newly cut surfaces but keep a watchful eye on them as the toast is now very thin and will cook extra quickly . |
| 14 | I kept a careful watch on them when the stock was built up . |
| 15 | The council tax , too , will fall disproportionately on them because the 25 per cent . |
| 16 | And Falkenhayn had no intention of releasing his grip on them until the bulk of the French Army had been lured into his trap . |
| 17 | The sun beating down on them and the children splashing and laughing in the shallow end . |
| 18 | This reminds me of the story about the old lady who boasted she had been wearing the same pair of stockings for twenty years — one year she knitted new feet on them and the next new legs ! |
| 19 | Their trials , the sentences imposed on them and the police methods that had been used , caused a public outcry and put the government under great pressure . |
| 20 | A short time later the Customs launch had borne down on them and the nightmare had begun . |
| 21 | Many towns in southern California are bewildered by the new duties the plan would impose on them and the new taxes that would be needed . |
| 22 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 23 | May God 's punishment be a thousand times worse on you than the harm that you have done to Hector . ’ |
| 24 | Spend two days in tour fatigues with this new , arena-compatible Nirvana production machine — ‘ I do n't know the names of most of the crew , ’ admits Dave — and it dawns on you that the overriding issue here is not that Kurt Cobain is on heroin ( or is n't , or was , or is and is trying to get off ) but that his wife is a Grade A pain in the arse . |
| 25 | ‘ I wish to impress on you that the rules I made in London still stand . |
| 26 | Are they seen as disloyal and personal attacks on you and the school , or are they seen as growth points for development and marketing ? |
| 27 | The workplace , or place of study , exerts its own pressures on you and the fear of failure in those first few weeks just adds to your sense of isolation . |
| 28 | Lifeboat crews in turn depend on you and the thousands of Governors and other supporters that you represent to speed them on their way with the resources you provide so unstintingly . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |