Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] on the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most common offence was to break the curfew , aliens were not supposed to be out on the streets after eleven . |
| 2 | I ring up and they say ‘ it 'll be three weeks ’ — I could be out on the streets by then . ’ |
| 3 | and we 'll be out on the water on monday as banbury gets ready to launch its own water sports week … |
| 4 | Was n't it very cold to be out on the moor at that hour ? |
| 5 | There was no reason why this man should n't be out on the moor on a fine spring night , except that hardly anyone but Stephen ever was . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're well clear of the tide and we 'll be back on the mainland before the next one is due . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll be back on the lake in an hour . |
| 8 | However , right now USL is believed to be back on the road to going public . |
| 9 | They hope contra-flow traffic will be back on the motorway within four days with the whole section opening as normal inside three weeks . |
| 10 | It was already nearly six o'clock , and I would n't be able to find a one-hour photo lab open anywhere that evening ; and I had to return to the Sheraton to collect my bag , and be back on the train by seven-thirty or soon after . |
| 11 | ‘ Well then , ’ I told her , ‘ you will be back on the boards for autumn , when the season begins . |
| 12 | They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century . |