Example sentences of "[pers pn] be on [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Williams was at the time the most popular women in the world , after Mother Teresa , and it occurred to me , rather too late , that I was on to a loser here . |
| 2 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 3 | When I first went in , I was on like an assessment unit . |
| 4 | ‘ And you 're on to a winner with the poll tax , paying the same as us . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're on for a fiver . ’ |
| 6 | I know he w she were on about a room were n't she ? |
| 7 | I thought I thought you were on about a book that |
| 8 | Well they got a Sierra she 's on about a Fiat . |
| 9 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 10 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 11 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 12 | Costs are well down and will continue to fall and I 'm more confident than ever that we 're on to a winner . |
| 13 | That Regina fee is just a blip — we 're on to a £500,000 success fee from Barton , and we 'll get that . ’ |
| 14 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 15 | Chorlton , mhm , he examined me , erm , he , he said now they were on about a slide on my heart . |
| 16 | Eventually , the management decided they were on to a loser , and the matter was allowed to sink into history . |
| 17 | It 's on for an hour . |
| 18 | I do n't I I do n't catch it every night , it 's on for an hour is n't it ? |
| 19 | It 's on in a moment . |
| 20 | The ski lake at the Watermark Club has been described as one of the finest in Europe , and Barry 's sure he 's on to a winner … |
| 21 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |