Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [be] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The powerboat world has been left high and dry this summer by a big red boat named Flippin Shytalk … its call sign is P69 … the only number that reads the same upside down … but the Oxfordshire crew that run and race her are on the very top of their sport at the moment … |
| 2 | But , once again , let me be on the positive side because I mean there 's no doubt about it there are firms which are doing extremely well in spite of recession at the moment , and they are training people as well , but they 're not training in numbers we really need when we go across the patch as a whole . |
| 3 | But the figures show we are on the right track . ’ |
| 4 | I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ . |
| 5 | There 's no panic , because Gloucester know they 're on the right track and tomorrow at Kingsholm , West Hartlepool will probably find themselves rail roaded . |
| 6 | I know it 's on the eighth . |
| 7 | I 've never been into virtual reality but as I guess I 'm on the younger side of your readership at 18 I bet it will feature strongly by the time I enter the working world . |
| 8 | ‘ I think you 're on the wrong track there , mate , ’ sniffs Granville . |
| 9 | No , I think you 're on the wrong track . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not saying Eddie 's incapable of violence but in this case I think you 're on the wrong track . |
| 11 | Well I think we 're on the right , on the right side of it . |
| 12 | We need not doubt that the epithet is justified and I think we are on the right track in attributing its powers to nerve cells with their trigger features and projective zones , but the connecting links are missing . |
| 13 | no he 's not here , I think he 's on the sick . |
| 14 | I think he 's on the sick . |
| 15 | ‘ I think it 's on the thirtieth , is n't it ? |
| 16 | Oh I do n't know , I think it 's on the same page as |
| 17 | ‘ But I see you 're on the same errand as myself . ’ |