Example sentences of "[be] on a " in BNC.
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1 | They 're on a worldwide scale rather than a national scale , but you have to recognise that there are only so many hours in the day in which you can be efficient . |
2 | For me , there 's just something more powerful in Man 's ultimate punishments — whether they 're on a humanist level or a more mystical level — than in his ultimate rewards . |
3 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
4 | It 's not necessarily done with bad intentions , but unless there 's much greater flow in and out , then I fear we 're on a downward path . |
5 | And what kind of relationship can you have , if you dare n't even tell your boyfriend you 're on a period ? |
6 | If you 're on a motorway , look for the marker arrows and follow them . |
7 | For instance , if you 're on a traffic junction outside a railway station like Lime Street , you wo n't be there five minutes before you 're approached by some hotelier saying , it would be worth your while to send them up to his hotel . |
8 | And if you 're on a weight-loss diet , the risk of missing out on vitamins is even greater . |
9 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
10 | You can forget about giving up bread if you 're on a diet , because contrary to popular belief , bread — whether it 's white or brown — is good for you and your figure . |
11 | They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices . |
12 | By the time they 're ten or eleven they 're on a six handicap . |
13 | Kitchens Of Distinction are in the potentially painful process of arriving : they 're on a collision course with 1991 , and , despite all the fashion points stacked against them , the no-great-rush policy seems ready to pay off . |
14 | ‘ So you 're on a scholarship , then ? ’ |
15 | So if you 're on a diet , rather than focussing on deprivation you tell yourself , ‘ Every day I 'm getting fitter and healthier . ’ |
16 | ‘ While we 're on a run , it 's better to have him on the bench . |
17 | You 're on a winner with the DAILY MIRROR |
18 | The inventors reckon they 're on a winner . |
19 | Without their goodwill you 're on a hiding to nothing . |
20 | ‘ Do n't use that title while we 're on a mission ! ’ |
21 | You know how it is on ferries — you get a bit disoriented , you never know if you 're on A deck or B deck , or which bit of the outside you 're getting to when you go through a door — the front , the stern , or the sides . |
22 | You 're on a charge ! |
23 | ‘ We 're on a space station , Francis , ’ the Doctor said . |
24 | You 're on a motorway . |
25 | They 're on a racetrack — a banked racetrack . |
26 | ROS : We 're on a boat . |
27 | You do n't have to worry about which way to go , or whether to go at all — the question does n't arise , because you 're on a boat , are n't you ? |
28 | GUIL : We 're on a boat . |
29 | I think if you 're on a roll you better go with the flow . |
30 | ‘ Hey , Matt , ’ I say to him , ‘ We 're on a roll , let's go with the flow ’ , and he nods like some old prophet in The Ten Commandments . |