Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] be on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My contribution was on the lines that having seen so many birds passing through Shetland on migration , I would love to follow them to their breeding-grounds in northern Scandinavia . |
| 2 | Up on Albert Hill in all likelihood its operations were on the banks of the eponymous river where the Cleveland Industrial Estate is now it had a massive and profitable operation covering 22 acres , employing 1,000 men and boys and working 90 furnaces . |
| 3 | In the string , taking Shine On for a showpiece half-speed over five furlongs , riding home , her mind was on the implications of his message . |
| 4 | A more and more popular way for undiscovered artists to exhibit their work is on the walls of London 's restaurants and wine bars . |
| 5 | Some children do n't seem to do as much if their parent is on the premises so maybe parent help in the classroom should be restricted to only some activities , at specific times . |
| 6 | Her marriage was on the rocks , she had had a breakdown , her social life was in ruins and yet when she came to ask for his help she was wearing a sweatshirt which had the slogan on it , ‘ Christ is the answer ’ . |
| 7 | Suspicion intensified that a sell-out of its principles was on the cards . |
| 8 | Her mother was on the streets . |
| 9 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 10 | His mother would introduce him as ‘ my darling son , Nigel — he 's such a talented writer , you know , and his marriage is on the rocks , poor dear . |
| 11 | He was a good soldier , but his marriage was on the rocks . |
| 12 | Then his feet were on the stairs and he was walking down the narrow , dark steps , which twisted sharply to the right . |
| 13 | His name was on the voters ' list as occupying Moat Hall , the small mansion Burden had found deserted , but plainly he had left it months before . |
| 14 | He never knew his father , his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity and his drunken step-father sold second-hand cars . |
| 15 | Our inn was on the cliffs above Black Hill Cove , and was a wild , lonely place . |
| 16 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 17 | ‘ Bad luck Duch , ’ they said , using the family nickname for their younger sister , ‘ your face is on the tea-towels so you 're too late to chicken out now . ’ |