Example sentences of "be on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 2 | Add together a susceptibility to flashy packaging and a lack of any real interest in the substance of other people 's problems and you 're on the way to producing a ‘ designer carer , . |
| 3 | So , if you 're on the lookout for a nice little earner , dust off the cobwebs and take your painting along to the professionals . |
| 4 | I 've spent more than 15 years singing and touring and I still enjoy it but it 's important to keep your body in good condition when you 're on the road . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Only you 're on the wrong bus , ’ he continued , ‘ you want the 800 Dalesbus — you 'll have to pick it up at Ilkley . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes it 's really tough when you 're on the street with only a quid and you 're both starving . |
| 8 | You 'll recall that music when you 're on the shelf |
| 9 | ‘ So we 're on the second floor . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But I see you 're on the same errand as myself . ’ |
| 11 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
| 12 | In the afternoon we 're on the Palmer charge and believe it or not he hits his tee-shot at the 17th to exactly the same spot again , and turns to me and says , ‘ Before you say anything , Tip , do n't tell me it 's a 6-iron . ’ |
| 13 | In the third round — do n't forget they played the third and fourth rounds all on one day then — we 're on the 6th green and Nicklaus is on the 12th right alongside , of course ( the greens at St Andrews meet where they add up to 18 ) . |
| 14 | The beauty of these is ( a ) they require very little labour from the person indulging in them : you leave that kind of thing to the toiling masseuse or sinewy aromatherapist ( b ) they 're prettily packaged and attractive to use ( c ) they often involve other people who can supply your spiritual needs by becoming a confessor to you while you 're on the slab/under the thumb/ getting oiled . |
| 15 | ‘ D' you reckon we 're on the right track , Geoff ? ’ |
| 16 | Our range of mortgages is designed to suit all incomes and needs — so whether you 're buying your first home , you 're on the move or you 're thinking of switching mortgages — we can find you an excellent mortgage deal . |
| 17 | But its five miles long — HOORAY ! ’ when Henry suddenly looked out of the window , sat bolt upright and exclaimed , ‘ Hey , Jim , we 're on the bloody pavement ! ’ |
| 18 | We were following a long , straight road in visibility of about twenty yards , all of us hanging out of the windows in a vain attempt to spot landmarks , when a ghostly figure loomed up , saluted , and announced in long-suffering tones , ‘ Excuse me sir , Mr Mills , you 're on the main runway ! ’ |
| 19 | He said this week : ‘ If we do n't get grants for this work we 're on the dole . |
| 20 | They 're on the other side of the Green , are n't they ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ They 're on the high road . |
| 22 | ‘ But we 're on the wrong road . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I said we 're on the wrong road . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're on the track — the track up to the Monument . ’ |
| 25 | For the man or woman in the fast lane , keeping in touch while you 're on the move is safer and simpler than ever before with the new British Telecom 's Azure cellphone . |
| 26 | When you 're on the outside , then you have a much better view of what they 're doing and whether they 're on or whether they 're not . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I know you 're on the Pill ; those condoms were planted on me , and God knows how they made their way under the linoleum in the upstairs closet . ’ |
| 28 | I 've yet to see a lovable moptop Inspiral Carpet in the flesh , but obviously they 're on the verge of making it here when they 're staying in the same hotel as Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden . |
| 29 | Two bars of ‘ Railwayed ’ and you 're on the edge of your seat . |
| 30 | When you 're on the road with the Inspirals , you 're in a little corner of the globe that is forever Oldham . |