Example sentences of "[be] on the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's Richard at Radio Nottingham and you 're on the air at the moment , this is your wake-up call . |
| 2 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
| 3 | These tools and any others that you may need and are permitted for specialist work should also be on the desk at the time of your practice " examination " . |
| 4 | But to present the full scenario and then vote er on the the different items er so that voting is done on items on the amendment before we then proceed er if you want to we just have to go to amendments to that because of course no two amendments can be on the floor at the same time . |
| 5 | With violence appearing to be on the wane at the moment , he may well be right that the future looks bright . |
| 6 | It should be on the table at the back . |
| 7 | For progressive building to be successful , it was essential that the supply of completely manufactured parts should be on the ground at the point of erection , before the building of a vehicle was commenced . |
| 8 | It 's just two miles north of Chievely and the police are on the scene at the moment . |
| 9 | You could even buy one of the sub-£200 XTs that are on the market at the moment — but do n't make the mistake of thinking that they can be pushed into many other applications areas . |
| 10 | He did n't make it to the course on the next day , was sacked , and always maintained that if he had n't given up the drink for those ten days or so and ‘ dried out ’ he would not have got so drunk , would have been on the course at the appointed time , would not have lost his job , and would have have carried for yet another Open Champion . |
| 11 | The only item in the Christie 's sale to have been on the ship at the moment of sinking , it was written by Mrs Esther Hart and tucked into her husband 's jacket . |
| 12 | Nineteen of the patients had been treated with zidovudine , and 17 were on the drug at the time of diagnosis ; two patients were taking dideoxyinosine . |
| 13 | I understand from British Rail that the impact was less severe than it might have been , since both trains were on the move at the time , but some 90 passengers and the driver of the Portsmouth train were injured . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , an engine and five coaches were on the bridge at the time and the ninety passengers were drowned . |
| 15 | He 's on the telephone at the moment . ’ |
| 16 | Now you just said you 've got your own property to sell and that 's on the market at the moment okay , erm have you had any advice on mortgage and what we should be able to obtain on the mortgage side of things ? |
| 17 | I could n't possibly tell you what 's on the moor at the moment . |
| 18 | And our one person was Terry Phipps from Abingdon , he 's on the line at the moment , Terry well , you felt it was going to be one nil did you or ? |
| 19 | Half a mile up the hill , spirits were also high in the home of Eddie Duckworth , that plump , much-loved , avuncular manager of Pitts and Harley , newly elected President of the Chamber of Commerce , who had faith that at last a government had been elected that would put a stop to inflation , high interest rates , rocketing domestic and industrial rates , shameful capitulation to the unions , centralized bureaucratic planning , and the consequent decay of the manufacturing industries : the writing is on the wall at the Town Hall , he told his guests , as their glasses were refilled with Oake and Nephews ' Beaujolais . |
| 20 | A good lift out/put in site is on the left at the foot of the steps with a dry , secluded changing place under the dry arch . |
| 21 | Turn right ( steeper uphill ) and the pub is on the left at the brow of the hill . |
| 22 | Turn right ( steeper uphill ) and the pub is on the left at the brow of the hill . |
| 23 | ‘ Your piece box is on the table at the door . ’ |
| 24 | Hartlepool Mayor Coun Trevor Lloyd was on the platform at the town 's railway station early yesterday to welcome the launch of a new transpennine service to Liverpool . |
| 25 | I was on the pill at the time , but I deliberately left it off because I wanted someone to love . |
| 26 | I was on the dole at the time , so the amount seemed enormous . |
| 27 | It was more or less at eye level , because I was on the floor at the time , and I crawled towards it with a muffled sensation of triumph . |
| 28 | Zenaida threw her head back and laughed ; she had very big , yellow teeth too , donkey 's teeth , strong enough to haul with ; and Carmellina abased herself before her to trick her , until her face was on the floor at the dirty and rank hem of Zenaida 's dress , like the pilgrims who drag their tongues along the ground during the Tomb ritual before Easter . |
| 29 | Betty , who was on the beach at the time , said : ‘ We thought he was a goner . |
| 30 | The peace process was on the agenda at the OAU summit which opened in Dakar , Senegal , on June 29 . |