Example sentences of "[be] on [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 2 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |
| 3 | I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight . |
| 4 | You definitely are on along the right lines . |
| 5 | You 're on about the old King George ! |
| 6 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
| 7 | General Pershing is the one to be on at the big race . |
| 8 | Lights were on in the primary school . |
| 9 | For other left-of-field theatre events check what 's on at the enterprising Projects Arts Centre , in East Sussex Street . |
| 10 | If that 's on at the same time as soccer , we 'll have two sets going . |
| 11 | The daily conference over , it 's on to the main activity of the day for me , which is a Long Northwind Patrol . |
| 12 | Smash 'em all and it 's on to the next level . |
| 13 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 14 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
| 15 | The race is on for the spare hand-outs |
| 16 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 17 | And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger . |
| 18 | It does so by going to a series of intermediate goals , for example the junction of the branch it is on with the main stem . |
| 19 | what is on at the local theatre ; |
| 20 | The Boat , Caravan and Leisure show is on at the National Exhibition Centre this week and so far it 's attracted record crowds . |
| 21 | Monumental Reputation : Robert Adam and the Emperor 's Palace is on at the National Library of Scotland from 1 June to 30 September 1992 , and at Kenwood , London , from 4 November 1992 to 28 February 1993 . |
| 22 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
| 23 | But the , you see if you look in the , I have information off the Birmingham secretary , er Secretary 's secretary , she was involved , she even was imprisoned in Switzerland erm when the peace movement was on between the two wars , and that was when they were , I believe it was a German woman that er that was on , you know in the committee , but I 'll have to refer to the Caring and Sharing book . |
| 24 | Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so |
| 25 | Report author Jill Krutick said that in the meantime the race was on among the large hotel chains to achieve a pan-European presence with branded hotel products . |