Example sentences of "[be] on [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He remarked however that there was little to choose between kitchen and living-room in respect of air , since the oven had been on since dawn . |
2 | There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February . |
3 | He put another one and it 's been on since then ! |
4 | She 's been on about the Brownies ever since she was seven , the age at which Granny says girls can join . ’ |
5 | ‘ So that 's what you blokes have been on about , ’ he said , newly converted … |
6 | Has n't Mam been on about it every day this week ? ’ |
7 | There is one other point I 'd just like because yo you 've been on about Labour controlled Councils . |
8 | WALLPAPER king George Carpenter knows this column covers everything : he 's been on about his latest water polo exploits . |
9 | Cos I says what you doing still working here , you know , that 's what we 'd just been on about |
10 | Yeah she 's been on about it . |
11 | Cos they 've been on about people |
12 | and erm , mum was sorry that Mark had been on about it , she said , oh I bet that 's where he goes , and erm , like the park beside it was just lovely , |
13 | In March 1922 ‘ snobbish clerks ’ on the Moscow Kursk line , which had been on of the most revolutionary , in 1905 and 1917 , were refusing to attend meetings where common signalman and the like were to be found . |
14 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
15 | ‘ On a machine that no nome has been on for fifteen thousand years ? ’ said Masklin . |
16 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
17 | it 's been on for about the past month |
18 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
19 | Oh do n't it 's only been on for about er , the last half an hour it 's not it 's a cross a crucifix is got bigger on it . |
20 | Well if it 's frozen there 's no way so er I rang up Mobil you see in and the fellow said oh if it 's been on for s you know few years he said , take your calliper off , put it in the vice and just lever it back that 's what we do |
21 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
22 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
23 | So typical , is n't it , that when you go to see plays , you always like , dashing to the last minute to try and get tickets and been on for like , two months . |
24 | not been on for ages . |
25 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
26 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
27 | Fraser said wearily , ‘ Have you been on to Dublin ? ’ |
28 | They must have been on to her or somebody 's given her away , one or t' other , 'cos it must have been a set-up cop . |
29 | Well I , I 've been on to world wom women 's committee and they assure me that they , the hospital says these tests should come through in a week , at the most three week 's , but you can phone them , so that certainly has improved , there does n't seem to be a back log . |
30 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |