Example sentences of "[pers pn] 're [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Fly Delta from Gatwick to Cincinnati or Atlanta and once you 're through the convenient immigration and customs , you 'll be greeted by Delta Passenger Service Agents . |
2 | ‘ You 're on the African Quota ! ’ he exclaimed . |
3 | ‘ Yes , and you 're on the downward path , ’ said Joe . |
4 | Yes , though it 's interesting with , with , with things like er alcohol and tobacco because they 're , well at least partly legal , erm you know often there 's quite a , a crisp Manichaean division drawn between them and anything that 's illegal erm you know so that you know kind of once , once you start smoking dope you 're on the slippery slope to er you know kind of heroin and crack and all the rest of it |
5 | ‘ Well , you 're on the right road , but I would say you had chosen the wrong day . ’ |
6 | ‘ You 're on the right deck — you 're just on the wrong side of the ship ! |
7 | ‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’ |
8 | if you suffer from Mansellmania … you 're on the right channel tonight … we 've a competition coming up first news of Sunday 's grand prix in Mark Kiff 's action round up |
9 | Or even more you 're on the right track , yeah . |
10 | ‘ You 're on the right track , ’ he said softly . |
11 | Are you sure you are n't treating yourself to easy self-congratulation , seeking approval , making certain you 're on the right side ? |
12 | No I ca n't sorry you 're on the lost cause here . |
13 | Maybe you hear the gas bottle explode a couple of minutes and a couple of miles later , when you 're on the loch-side road heading away , but it 's blowing quite hard by then and you 're not sure . |
14 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
15 | You 're on the main part of the carriageway , and coming in on the left there is this traffic coming down a slip road to join you . |
16 | You 're on the main road now |
17 | 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 ! ’ |
18 | ‘ I think you 're on the wrong track there , mate , ’ sniffs Granville . |
19 | No , I think you 're on the wrong track . |
20 | ‘ I 'm not saying Eddie 's incapable of violence but in this case I think you 're on the wrong track . |
21 | His reply was , ’ How are you going to close it as you 're on the wrong side of the canal ? ’ — I had n't thought of that . |
22 | You 're on the wrong horse . |
23 | ‘ Only you 're on the wrong bus , ’ he continued , ‘ you want the 800 Dalesbus — you 'll have to pick it up at Ilkley . ’ |
24 | Rugby in the mud is no fun , especially when you 're on the losing side , yet again . |
25 | Especially when you 're on the receiving end of some vicious spin served up by some of the countries top competitors . |
26 | It must be incredibly frustrating to have the weight of climbing opinion against you if you 're at the front end of the game and you want to climb a new line without considerable risk of topping yourself unless you place bolts . |
27 | Yeah , you 're at the right end ! |
28 | Ah but that 's the devil to try and coordinate that with an orchestra when you 're at the other end |
29 | If you 're at the other end , you 're actually producing something , bear in mind your opening sentence , your opening paragraph , your headline , your title , must actually hook people in . |
30 | Well see you 're at the wrong colour . |