Example sentences of "on [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this was because the outside world insisted on ostracising them at least as much as by any choice of their own . |
| 2 | Brezhnev 's proposals for the Gulf were characterised as an ‘ extension of the conditions which the Soviet Union set earlier on the normalisation of conditions in the basin of the Indian Ocean , on transforming it into a zone of peace ’ . |
| 3 | Structural faults sent budgeted costs soaring , work on transforming it into a leisure empire stopped and its £100m debts were taken over by the Hong Kong brothers in February . |
| 4 | Lucenzo had been hell-bent on intimidating her from the beginning . |
| 5 | Then you can concentrate on using it to good effect . |
| 6 | Chris , it seems , was so worried about his partner Jayne Torvill finding out about his relationship with Isabelle that he insisted on seeing her in secret when Jayne had gone to bed . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you been drinking ? ’ was her first reaction on seeing him with his head buried in his hands . |
| 8 | On seeing him in the nude , the girls ' screams of fear turn into roars of laughter . |
| 9 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 10 | ‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up . |
| 11 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
| 12 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 13 | The East Germans were not set on abolishing the distinction between town and country , just perhaps on smothering it in a pall of acidic smoke and rain . |
| 14 | If your next-door neighbours insist on blasting you at all hours with Wagner 's Gottedammerung " , be thankful : it might have been Heavy Metal . |
| 15 | He insisted on tackling it with a knife and fork . |
| 16 | She insisted on checking you over there and then |
| 17 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
| 18 | Forest manager Brian Clough insists on keeping it in the family after Liverpool boss Graeme Souness had made a move for Nigel . |
| 19 | The only exception to this rule was Uncle Jack , who clearly had his sights set on several more whiskies when Charlotte insisted , at Ursula 's request , on driving him to the station and seeing him aboard the London train . |
| 20 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 21 | When faced with one ‘ old boy type ’ executive' who on meeting her with a view to beginning an assignment declared that there was no place for women in his business , she announced that as he was obviously only looking for someone just like himself , he could do that better than she could . |
| 22 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 23 | We had to entertain a very prim and proper Swiss lady the other day and she insisted on addressing me as Madame Professor Wotherspoon . |
| 24 | Whenever he met Branson , Reid insisted perversely on addressing him as ‘ Mr Branson ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought you were intent on warning me against her . |
| 26 | ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years . |
| 27 | One must hope that Maxwell will be well enough to assume the role next week , but meanwhile the company is to be congratulated on replacing him with so sterling a performance by this seasoned professional . |
| 28 | Collinson was meticulous in his careful distribution of plants and seeds always including instructions on growing them in a manner approximating to their native conditions , as carefully described by John Bartram . |
| 29 | ASSURED TENANCIES — residential tenancies in properties that are newly built or have had at least £5000 spent on improving them in the two years before they were first let . |
| 30 | Taking the nine sources together , they scored best on informing electors about the issues ( 5.7 ) , slightly less well on informing them about personalities ( 5.4 ) , and Very much worse on helping them decide how to Vote ( 4.1 ) . |