Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was all question of being out on the track at the right moment close to the end of the session when it was drying .
2 Martin Bell is pleased to be back on the circuit , despite disappointing results early on after his knee operation
3 Now he 's hoping to be back on the golf course soon and singing again by the end of the year .
4 She was thrilled to be back on the trail again .
5 Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City .
6 However , right now USL is believed to be back on the road to going public .
7 Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages .
8 ‘ Everyone thought I was marvellous to be back on the catwalk seven weeks after Amber was born .
9 Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’
10 They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century .
11 Shortwood attracts thousands of visitors and the idea behind the revival of the horse powered cider mill , is to demonstrate how life used to be down on the farm .
12 That is neither right or wrong ; we both have an interest and both want to be in on the decision .
13 You had to be in on the script meetings and the rehearsals to realize that underneath that company executive exterior lurked a funny man who took it all very seriously indeed .
14 If you want to be in on the action then Club Benitses is the place to be .
15 All around the harbour there are tavernas , restaurants , bars and cafés and there is a disco on the ground floor of the Loggia called Bora Bora , so if you want to be in on the action there is nowhere better .
16 We have to be out on the streets documenting the revolution and helping to forge our new democracy .
17 The most common offence was to break the curfew , aliens were not supposed to be out on the streets after eleven .
18 Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready .
19 Such a night for a ten-year-old child to be out on the North Sea , as by now she must be , if contrary winds had not driven the ship back into port .
20 ‘ Well , ’ said the Countess , ‘ are you to be out on the town again with your wounded soldiers ? ’
21 In Calcutta , most residents of the middle-class trading and residential district appeared to be out on the street .
22 Was n't it very cold to be out on the moor at that hour ?
23 Waringstown are disappointed at being back on the road in the Schweppes , having played four out of five matches away when winning the trophy last summer .
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