Example sentences of "be [pron] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I on the right line there ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why am I on the wrong side of this stone ? ’ she whispered . |
| 3 | One friend has explained how , in a conversation in which she was lamenting the cost of electricity , Eliot asked her in a confidential manner , " Are you on the domestic tariff ? " |
| 4 | This has subsequently been changed , but suggests the view the SFA might take ; it would be logical for it to do so , since a market counterparty of this type is supposed to be someone on the same level as the firm . |
| 5 | Are they on the next aisle ? |
| 6 | Were we on the right track at all ? |
| 7 | ‘ Were they on the same side of the path as the moor gate ? ’ 'Yes . |
| 8 | Donna chewed her lip contemplatively as she read , forced to run her index finger beneath the words , so jumbled and irregularly formed were they on the faded page . |
| 9 | And you come over this hill and suddenly there 's nothing on the other side except a huge hole in the ground , and the road goes along almost a cliff edge the side of this erm hole which is this worked out iron ore quarry . |
| 10 | Retiring in 1961 , there is no-one on the current staff who worked closely with Ralph but to give a flavour of his long life two articles are recreated below . |
| 11 | If you find that the list of ‘ do n't likes ’ is very long and there is nothing on the other side to counteract it , you are not telling the truth . |
| 12 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 13 | ‘ You think there 's someone on the Moslem side who 's got an interest in keeping things on the boil ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
| 14 | There the post is something on the erratic side , which explains the delay . |
| 15 | There 's something on the other side . |
| 16 | It 's him on the white horse dropping his money all over the place , and those fellas with the funny bloomers following him . |
| 17 | Yeah that 's it on the same line . |
| 18 | I think we 're all ship shape , so how lo how far is it on the other side ? |
| 19 | We are very sorry the train at number eleven platform eleven , when you get to Lemington on it , get out if you 're going to Banbury , there will be a coach , because there 's a fire at Banbury , well I thought it meant there was something on the other side of the railway , it was , a factory near there so , so then er they get you in |
| 20 | Why was it on the wrong side of the road ? |
| 21 | And was it on the main road that the one who was killed |