Example sentences of "[be] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perhaps what I mean is you have a powerful feeling of love , and while you 're on drugs , you experience no hate or fear . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ This lot do n't sound like they 're on drugs . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah but , right , they 're on drugs I reckon . |
| 4 | You 're on drugs . |
| 5 | You 're on drugs you know that ? |
| 6 | You 're on drugs . |
| 7 | ‘ This road we 're on looks to be the shorter way now . |
| 8 | He said , well I only live next door you know in a , in a village school quite obviously they all lived nearby and he was only gone about two or three minutes and he came back and once again , the young lady will know , but erm men might not know , I know , skirt hangers , you know skirt hangers , they 're on springs are n't they ? |
| 9 | cos he comes back next Friday and we 're on lates so he 's on earlies so |
| 10 | And when we 're on lates he can do it at |
| 11 | Oh you 're on lates this week . |
| 12 | Right , we 're on darts |
| 13 | When you 're on blankets and you 've been brought up on blankets er you 're used to blankets |
| 14 | Well we , we work shifts so he could probably do it when we 're on earlies and |
| 15 | Yes , that 's it some odd nights we was on our way home from work , it 's going up to the even when we 're on earlies and and weekends we can go there ca n't we ? |
| 16 | Aah you 're , and you 're on earlies tomorrow ? |
| 17 | We 're on wings . |
| 18 | He does when they 're on holidays |
| 19 | While you 're on weavers , there was a weaver over at that little cottage on the other side Oh well I I ca n't explain . |
| 20 | But you do n't get this very often now but you it 's funny how sometimes you get gifts when you 're on removals , and this was this particular instance . |
| 21 | DO N'T LEAVE US UNTIL YOU 'RE ON FINALS … |
| 22 | You 're on strimmers and skimmers . |
| 23 | Well I I 'll tell him when you 're on nights and not to phone John and I 'll go and phone him like yesterday . |
| 24 | I said you 're on cars again John . |
| 25 | You lose a lot of friends , though , when you 're on opiates . |
| 26 | Can I just mention that nobody 's read that but you 'll see the last sentence says that whatever you put on that tape the dictionary keep the copyright you see and that 's all right when you 're on conversations , but if you were to read in an and it was a short story , if that 's you know i if they reserve |
| 27 | I 'm on tranquillizers to calm my nerves . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm on wings , ’ she admitted . |
| 29 | I said no I ca n't I 'm on tablets . |
| 30 | First time I go out for a week and I 'm on tablets ! |