Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | So i more often than not we were on the rates and of course the public say , oh I 'm paying your salaries . |
2 | 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 ? ’ |
3 | But now we 're on the flats , no . |
4 | Well I , well I 'm on a weeks ' holiday are n't I , at Easter ? |
5 | Here we are on the hills , and it 's no better . |
6 | There she was on the stairs now . |
7 | Sometimes he was on the Numbers 8 and 9 routes , which went all the way down to Granton Square . |
8 | afternoon , one afternoon ringing round all agencies , I mean there was no vacancies , but erm will you send us a photograph so if you 've got a photograph together and sent it off and then he 's on the books |
9 | Hell , that was the wrong phrase — or maybe he was on the streets ? |