Sentence examples for demand my attention from inspiring English sources

Pledging to "take personal responsibility" for putting things right, candidate Johnson railed against a "target-driven culture" and promised that "no offence will be too trivial to demand my attention".

So yes, I'm onto the next novel (1870s San Francisco), and have plans underway for plays, and a screenplay of ROOM, so ROOM the novel is just one child among many who demand my attention, if the loudest at the moment.

I sometimes go weeks without checking as there's nothing there addressed specifically to me to demand my attention.

I currently have six washing baskets and piles that demand my attention… when I'm not resisting violent, intrusive thoughts about my loved ones dying, of course.

The swollen river, suddenly constricted, demanded my attention.

It demanded my attention like no other had up to that point in my life.

Any plane that appears too low or heading toward the city demands my attention.

I also knew that they'd contact me if there was something they thought demanded my attention.

It's an amazing place, but the alt in front of me demands my attention; the bitterness grows and grows.

Nothing in my life can rival the stress of standing in a room full of toys and dirty Babygros, alone with three crying infants all demanding my attention, knowing that I am powerless to attend to all their needs.

My children are 24 and 20, so they are grown-up, but when they were younger, it made life quite difficult because, rightly, they demanded my attention and I would have to say 'sorry, I have to get this work done'".