Example sentences of "on [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just the way I knew my mum had bad news when she came in on me in dad 's study all those weeks ago . |
| 2 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 3 | GUESTS staying in Holiday Inn hotels did n't realise they were paying for a surprise extra — a peephole for staff to spy on them in bed . |
| 4 | Consider a fictitious part that might be made on them in order to go through the network . |
| 5 | Even among the great majority of youth who bowed more readily ( or with forced conformity ) to the demands imposed on them in wartime conditions , the ‘ führer myth ’ was losing its potency . |
| 6 | The racegoers from the train were on the whole easily identifiable as they all seemed to have been issued with large red and white rosettes with Race Train passenger emblazoned on them in gold : and the rosettes proved not to be confined to those in the front half of the train because I came across Zak wearing one too , and he told me that everyone had been given one , the owners included , and where was mine ? |
| 7 | Once it is decided that certain assumptions are true , it only makes sense to demonstrate this by counting on them in practice . |
| 8 | In this Report we draw these comments together , and expand on them in chapter 11 . |
| 9 | The reason is simple : the Queen , Prince Andrew , Prince Charles and a very nervous Prince Edward are petrified she will blow the whistle on them in print . |
| 10 | It was thought that Green took his large prepared copper plates out into the landscape and worked on them in front of the actual view , but when one looks at a print of a recognisable location the image is not reversed as would have been the case if a direct drawing onto the plate had been made from nature . |
| 11 | ‘ Society expects children to do something most adults would find terrifying — give details of the most intimate obscenities performed on them in front of court officials , the public and the media and often their abusers . |
| 12 | Erm on , on yours in fact I could n't check sequence erm on the programme that you 'd given me because I did n't , I , I had know way of telling whether we did get a clash . |
| 13 | ‘ I shall , however , be keeping an even closer eye on you in future . ’ |
| 14 | The dark incision running obliquely from just above her vagina seemed a grosser violation of her corpse than anything inflicted on her in life . |
| 15 | All he had intended to do was keep tabs on her in case he needed a hostage after the hit on Mobuto . |
| 16 | John Ruskin [ q.v. ] praised her water-colours and wished to settle money on her in exchange for any work her health permitted . |
| 17 | His taste in films , plays , books and music was far more decided than her own , though she would not admit that it was superior : she thought that , given time , she could outdo him , but as he had a good start on her in time , she was glad to listen to him . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had such a lovely time , ’ she said as Ethel fell on her in ecstasy , ‘ and Ethel 's lick is much more efficient than cleansing cream . ’ |
| 19 | In 1686 they declared war on him in order to establish a separate company state from which they could trade . |
| 20 | Prayer becomes a constant relating to God throughout our daily lives , as we depend on him in trust and love . |
| 21 | She nearly fell on him in gratitude . |
| 22 | You do n't keep a man by turning your back on him in bed , nor criticising everything he does , such as the innocent act of bathing his little child . ’ |
| 23 | There was n't a man watching , or a woman , who had n't had an eye on him in admiration . |
| 24 | the writ , though not served personally on the defendant , is served on him in accordance with the law of the country in which service is effected ; |
| 25 | That rule dealt with originating applications under the Act and provided by subrule ( 7 ) that the contemnor might be punished notwithstanding that a copy of the injunction had not been served on him in accordance with Ord. 29 , r. 1(2) and that no notice had been issued or served upon him under Ord. 29 , r. 1(4) — a notice to show cause why there should not be a committal . |
| 26 | The former Sunderland defender injured a knee when West Brom striker Paul Williams fell on him in Pool 's 2–1 midweek win . |
| 27 | He studied with Barthes in Paris when Barthes was unknown in England , and later wrote a book on him in French ( ‘ Barthesian French ’ Hough has observed ) . |
| 28 | McCallen agreed that there is some pressure on him in view of the fact that he had five wins last year at the meeting but he added : ‘ If I only get two this time I 'll be happy . |
| 29 | A corresponding duty is imposed on him in respect of lettings of offices and shops ( Offices , Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 , ss9(1) , 42(6) , 43(4) ) . |
| 30 | It had KATZ FAMILY ALBUM embossed on it in gold . |