Example sentences of "[pron] be on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm on the earlies in the morning now .
2 I was on the terraces until five years ago .
3 Yeah your , here 's , here 's your Christmas present I was on the streets for that .
4 If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it .
5 I remember once I was on the steps of a hotel in Liverpool , and a middle-aged woman wearing a maroon coat came up and said , ‘ Hey , George , you know I 've always loved you , could I have your autograph ? ’
6 That gag was consciously played for laughs , of course , but the really funny thing is that the pioneering Australian brands which were on the shelves in the ‘ 70s were actually called the much more comical names of Kanga Rouge and Wallaby wine .
7 Ignoring the whole question of invisibility , which is particularly oppressive to working-class lesbians and gays , she nonetheless raised matters which were on the minds of many other heterosexual politicians .
8 The Conference Planning Committee approved the location , which is on the outskirts of Bangkok , during its recent meeting in London .
9 The Conference Planning Committee approved the location , which is on the outskirts of Bangkok , during its recent meeting in London .
10 ‘ My son , ’ said Alex , ‘ you are on the horns of a dilemma . ’
11 Managers have been chosen by the old boy network , recommendations from people who were on the boards of charities .
12 Richard , Richard if you w if you were on the streets of Belfast for example goodness only knows what they would say to you , just because you 're British and they 'd use the pretext that you 're black to really throw horrendous insults at you .
13 Now it 's a system you go through if you break the law , you know we have an education system which is organised for us by our local community who builds the school , who runs the school , who 's on the governors of those schools .
14 TODAY proved it by showing six women a picture of Clinton lookalike Bill Kay , who is on the books of modelling agency Susan Scott Lookalikes , and telling them he sold Hoovers for a living .
15 All the shops were shut and no one was on the streets except the shouting women . ’
16 The aim is to ensure not only that all important titles are held in stock , but also that as far as possible there is on the shelves at any one time a reasonable coverage of material in all subject fields .
17 Yet it is important to realise that in the last decades of the old régime in France the parlements were often expressing more or less accurately what public opinion there was on the issues at stake , and that they had frequently widespread popular support for their attitudes .
18 They are on the bonnets of the jeeps , some are clinging precariously onto the sides as both vehicles speed away through the farmyard and out into the road .
19 Equally , they are on the margins of land law conceptually , since both rely on the archaic significance , in common law culture , of possession as the basis of property rights .
20 They were on the ramparts with you during the battle .
21 They were on the backs of my hands and even on the soles of my feet .
22 Yeah but it 's on the instruction it 's on the instructions of
23 It 's on the edges of Fael-Inis 's country , ’ he said , ‘ and we all know why . ’
24 It is on the fringes of higher education , through its contribution to research , which provides an educational resource for students .
25 If you were a professional model I should probably require you to take every stitch of clothing off , let alone your shoes and stockings , and , if you will remember , it is on the grounds of the business-like aspect of this arrangement that I have your aunt 's sanction to paint you .
26 And if Aherne has a criticism it is on the standards of school and club coaching .
27 He 's on no files of any kind .
28 Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example .
29 It was on the outskirts of the village and belonged to an elderly , childless couple .
30 God knows how they had conjured up the planning permission for such a venture , situated as it was on the borders of Essex in a green-belt area .
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