Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 During his time as Party chairman , many constituency officers had been to see him on a similar errand .
2 Send them to your boss 's secretary , stating in writing that you are starting on the preparation of the report , as instructed , and are basing it on the enclosed terms of reference .
3 Jimmy Page 's best guitar solo The one from Since I 've Been Loving You on the third album .
4 if we can resolve it with cos then you 're getting summat on a different style of thinking to that , you know , I know Fred does n't wan na be involved but then you 've always got somebody , well we 'll have to go and see Fred first .
5 so like perhaps , say six weeks you 're doing it on the voluntary basis
6 There 's just time for a quick flip through the Highway Code and then your , but the test is even more daunting when you 're taking it on a 15 ton steam roller .
7 The reason that his brush has stroked not a lot on these pristine pages of late is twofold : firstly , he 's been very busy providing illustrations for the soon-to-be-seen N-Force magazine ( which Europress are launching for Nintendo fans = both of them ! ) , and he 's been sunning himself on the golden shores of beautiful Bali for the past three weeks !
8 So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis .
9 Understand that you are not shutting the door on the one you loved , but you are shutting it on the negative force that lived — or still lives — within them .
10 you certainly wo n't be getting it on the following Monday
11 If we achieved such development of economic monetary union , we would be doing it on a sound basis .
12 Even well-established commercial farmers are finding themselves on a cruel treadmill of soaring capital investment , the financing of which can only be serviced by increasing mortgages based on the rising cost of land .
13 When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants .
14 On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep !
15 ‘ Muslims are organising themselves on a nationwide scale , ’ Dr Mohammed Ghayas , editor of Muslimedia , a news service of the Islamic movement , said .
16 The Three Choirs vineyard is making an English equivalant of Beaujolais Nouveau , and is launching it on the French market .
17 Erm you go down a bit of a lane and it 's gets you on the through road does n't it ?
18 The aim with 78018 is to use her on the former Stockton and Darlington , Stanhope and Tyne Wear Valley routes which are used for summer Sunday pacer trains and cement traffic to Blue Circle 's Eastgate Cement Works the current limit of the line .
19 He is taking us on an interesting excursion ,
20 hundred quid 's putting it on the light side .
21 I was surprised to hear you have a fear of drowning , but I do n't expect that is bothering you on a big ship .
22 Jaguar is offering them on every new model and Audi is said to be phasing out its Procon-Ten safety system in favour of driver's-side airbags .
23 Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them .
24 They were in costumes that , in spite of their crumpled shabbiness , recalled the garb of Count Arnheim in the opera of ‘ The Bohemian Girl ’ , and looked like fugitive kings and emperors beside the thick-set railway porter , in capacious velveteens , whose duty it was to put them on the right track towards the ‘ free land ’ .
25 Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo .
26 Hence , the ‘ Bow-Wave Phenomenon ’ turned into the ‘ Barrack Square Syndrome ’ , in which the only way to mop up money was to spend it on a few quickly and easily let contracts , like refurbishing barrack squares and military roads !
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