Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The powerboat world has been left high and dry this summer by a big red boat named Flippin Shytalk … its call sign is P69 … the only number that reads the same upside down … but the Oxfordshire crew that run and race her are on the very top of their sport at the moment … |
| 2 | John Coffin did not know he was on the wrong side yet , not having so far met Rose Hilaire , but he too realized that there might be a fight ahead . |
| 3 | But , once again , let me be on the positive side because I mean there 's no doubt about it there are firms which are doing extremely well in spite of recession at the moment , and they are training people as well , but they 're not training in numbers we really need when we go across the patch as a whole . |
| 4 | Relax deeply , then imagine you are on a grassy riverbank . |
| 5 | Dr ‘ Patterson ’ … patients here are very much consultant oriented , and no matter how much you may feel you 're on the right lines for treatment , they do expect to go along and see a consultant . |
| 6 | But the figures show we are on the right track . ’ |
| 7 | Well she thinks you 're on a high dose , you 're not , you 're on an okay dose . |
| 8 | Not outstanding success , for I was still missing nine out of ten bites , hut enough to suggest I was on the right track . |
| 9 | It is that sort of falling-together that reassures you are on the right lines . |
| 10 | They guessed she was on a bad trip and moved in swiftly before she could hurt herself . |
| 11 | She realises he is on the slippery slope towards a life of crime . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ . |
| 14 | She began to wish she were on a surgical ward , but there was no chance of that happening within the next couple of months . |
| 15 | There 's no panic , because Gloucester know they 're on the right track and tomorrow at Kingsholm , West Hartlepool will probably find themselves rail roaded . |
| 16 | Gloucester rugby are back in league action tomorrow … the cherry and whites are away to orrell … last time out they beat Northampton so let's hope they 're on a winning roll … |
| 17 | TORTURERS BELIEVE THEY ARE ON A TRANSCENDENTAL MISSION TO DEFEND THE STATE . |
| 18 | But , under the system now envisaged by Mr MacGregor 's officials , higher education students would get a certificate proving they were on a recognised course and apply by post to the Glasgow-based Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 19 | I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object , not painting it . |
| 20 | I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river . |
| 21 | ‘ D' you reckon we 're on the right track , Geoff ? ’ |
| 22 | But what we 'll do is take it there early in the morning , we 'll get he back the bus back to Liverpool , we 'll go to the pier head and we 'll go on the ferry to New Brighton and there was me prattling all on at him and the next thing er , you di , we did n't know that , we thought we were on the main right of way street and your dad started to go across and I looked , your dad was driving , I was sitting beside him and coming towards us along this other road , which had the right of way but we did n't know was a little black mini , I was a ergh , ergh oh Harry , Harry ! |
| 23 | With a slow erotic motion , she slid her smouldering twat up and down his pulsating shaft , until she knew he was on the very point of ejaculation . |
| 24 | I thought it was on the right hand side as you went into village . |
| 25 | I thought it was on the main road ? |
| 26 | The equivalent Japanese , transported to modern Tokyo would think he was on a different planet ! |
| 27 | ‘ SCCS is great for working on individual files , but it has no concept of workstations or networks — it thinks it is on a single machine , ’ says SunPro technical specialist Hank Shiffman . |
| 28 | Thinks he 's on the wrong ! |
| 29 | ‘ I think you 're on the wrong track there , mate , ’ sniffs Granville . |
| 30 | No , I think you 're on the wrong track . |