verb + noun + ON YOU – English Grammar Profiler

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_V _N on you

1 PUT PRESSURE ON YOU 257

Hey, I don’t mean to put pressure on you sweetie, 

but you really gotta do great at school.

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2 HAVE MERCY ON YOU 201

I have asked the Blessed Mother

 to have mercy on you

 and bring happiness to those little ones 

who do not deserve their fate.

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3 PLAYING TRICKS ON YOU 180
4 PUTS PRESSURE ON YOU 105

*Note that there is often premodification of ‘pressure’ and ‘you’ is not important:

And it puts a lot of pressure on those two on the top 

to try and go down and grab those

that are just, maybe been with the company for two to five years, 

and lift them up.

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5 PUTTING PRESSURE ON YOU 100 6 PLAY TRICKS ON YOU 93 7 SAY SHAME ON YOU 81 8 LAID EYES ON YOU 71 9 PLAYS TRICKS ON YOU 55 10 KEEP TABS ON YOU 51 11 KEEPING TABS ON YOU 44 12 SELLING STORIES ON YOU 35 13 ‘S PRESSURE ON YOU 32 14 TAKE PITY ON YOU 31 15 IS PRESSURE ON YOU 24 16 COLLECTING DATA ON YOU 23 17 DECLARE WAR ON YOU 20 18 SPEND MONEY ON YOU 20 19 BE PRESSURE ON YOU 19 20 COLLECT DATA ON YOU 18 21 IMPOSE LEADERSHIP ON YOU 17 22 HAVE EYES ON YOU 16

23 HAVE CASH ON YOU 16