Sentence examples for fixing on the from inspiring English sources

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There were more than two hundred canvases on view, and Gerald quickly despaired of fixing on the right one.

She's nursing a cold – "I'm afraid I'm gargling phlegm" –, so she orders English breakfast tea "in the biggest possible mug you have" and chicken curry, "not the Cambodian one, old school, saffron rice"; I find myself fixing on the beetroot curry special and beer.

He fought price fixing on the stock exchanges and battled to keep accountants from cooking corporate books.

Mr. Dowd said the lawsuit was fixing on the extent of the "cover-up" by the church.

Opponents to freezing the repayment threshold are almost certainly letting down future students – they are fixing on the wrong target.

Toyota's own examination of sudden acceleration reports has found instances of sticky pedals and so-called pedal entrapment, problems it has been fixing on the recalled vehicles.

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As the meeting continued, Reagan's attention was fixed on the one remaining cookie.

I fixed on the stars.

Her eyes were fixed on the dogs.

The racism that Welty fixed on the page still lingers.

The fault was fixed on the same afternoon.

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