Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am offering this reward on behalf of the club because we are obviously very anxious to put an end to these recurring , despicable acts , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |
| 3 | Because I 'm writing this column on my Texas TravelMate notebook computer . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm doing some work on optical lenses with a high refractive index and I seem to have got some … er … thallium on my sandwiches … ’ |
| 5 | The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment . |
| 6 | but the thing is I was reading this erm , I was reading another book on this erm |
| 7 | ‘ I was getting wet chatting on the pavement , anyway . ’ |
| 8 | I was offered immediate delivery on a Corvette ZR-1 for £30,500 ( manufacturer 's list price ) . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I was doing some commentary on our clubcall line and when we equalised , considered analysis went out of the window . |
| 10 | We met when I was researching some material on community care , and her great good humour and flawless memory for fascinating aspects of social history turned a one-off interview into an intermittently enjoyed friendship . |
| 11 | The 19th century saw two significant changes in the newspaper industry which were to have considerable impact on future developments . |
| 12 | There is ‘ a conflict ’ with USL , says Unix Solutions Ltd , which is seeking legal advice on the matter . |
| 13 | Secondly , there is the increasing demand in the developed world for wood and wood products which is placing more pressure on indigenous forests , while in many developing countries land and fuelwood scarcity as well as the need to earn foreign currency are prompting wood harvesting at a hitherto unprecedented rate and often under inadequate management . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , object-oriented database systems are an interesting newer development which is having considerable impact on the database world . |
| 15 | She gave a light , forced little laugh , moving away from the touch of his hand , which was wreaking such havoc on emotions she had tried so hard to keep under control . |
| 16 | Preliminary work began last September following the appointment of two countryside officers who are employed full time on the project . |
| 17 | Check also that you are getting full movement on the injector pump when you push the throttle to the floor . |
| 18 | If you are using this style on a group , it 's worth thinking about individuals ' values and interests and appealing to them . |
| 19 | If you are offered any work on television or radio you will need to join the union . |
| 20 | In other words you are putting undue strain on your machine . |
| 21 | Take up your normal start and then just tap the back a little bit cos you 're hitting that ball on the upward swing then and there 's no danger that you 're gon na jump over it . |
| 22 | Oh yes , and he could get executor , he was executor for one poor old lady old Mrs used to live on the causeway er er er , the first little house you know where the th th , er you 're coming this way on the causeway there 's The Elms , ai n't they ? |
| 23 | What did she have to say when you told her you were taking another woman on this little ‘ business ’ trip ? ’ |
| 24 | You were saying this morning on the end of the news you were talking about the four man |
| 25 | She was tackling this man on his own terms and at some time she would be doing it head-on . |
| 26 | ‘ Except when she was doing grand larceny on someone else 's husband . ’ |
| 27 | She was carrying more weight on her face than on her body , her make-up being so thick , so perfect , that her cheeks looked as though they had been carved out of porcelain . |
| 28 | On Nov. 4 , Amadou Cheiffou , who was appointed Prime Minister on Oct. 26 [ see p. 38520 ] , named his transitional government . |
| 29 | I know that the rules for feature-page articles are different from those for reviews , but I do think that Alan Clark , who was given large space on the Times ’ main feature page , could have got around to mentioning the book from which he had taken the material for his strictures of Churchill before his last two paragraphs : ‘ And yet , so docile and leader-oriented is the Conservative Party [ Whoops ! |
| 30 | The movement was founded by George Fox , who was walking one day on Pendle Hill when , as he said , the sky opened and the Lord showed him a great multitude of people waiting to be saved . |