Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Only when the opposition are right back on the defence or for free kicks .
2 There is something very disturbing about a benefit system which will prop up Mr Deaves until he gets back on his business feet , yet is reluctant to help people who are literally out on the streets .
3 And you think my parents are also in on the plot ? ’
4 ‘ I started off the season feeling great and scoring goals , but now I 'm right back on the floor again . ’
5 Bank Assistants can not afford to live on their current salaries and , as has been pointed out , a Bank assistant who also happens to be a bread winner would be better off on the Dole !
6 He soon comes into my old room cos he 's gon na be straight up on the bed , right .
7 I mean increasingly we see that we 're , we get more constables here more constables there , but they do n't ever appear to be actually out on the streets , and until we can get more men on the streets with the deterrent effect that their appearance has , let alone anything else , we are not gon na get much further .
8 On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’
9 Some were already out on the lake , quiet and dabbling .
10 When I got there they were already out on the beach sizing up the surf .
11 The tree frogs were far out on the branch now .
12 ‘ The Lorrimores ’ private car is unhitched … it 's somewhere back on the track , and the Canadian is coming . ’
13 ‘ Dr. Stevie 's already out on the course .
14 ‘ He is a Queen 's Counsel so he is not out on the street . ’
15 When he 's not out on the street , he 's in house talking , walking , explaining , consulting , listening and deciding .
16 My brother Dickon , he 's always out on the moor .
17 He 's still up on the roof then .
18 ‘ He was last year about now but Easter 's late , I had n't thought on , and he 'll not move down until Palm Sunday like as not , and if he 's still over on the mountain he 'll be up Three Valleys Pass and that 's an hour and a half of a walk for him , going as the crow flies , but longer for us in the jeep because there 's no direct road — and then to get at him we 'd have to take a cart track that 'll be more like a river bed after yesterday 's rain .
19 In a sense , the Jury 's still out on the Times cos you 'd have to look at it over say a three of four month period .
20 It 's nearly up on the fence !
21 In 1988 women 's average gross hourly earnings represented 74.9 per cent of men 's earnings , which is slightly down on the peak of 75.5 per cent in 1977 but is an improvement on the 1985 figure of 73.9 per cent .
22 But this time round , Mould is also back on the offensive , following his past , demoralised-sounding work .
23 The RAC is also in on the act , offering members its Emergency Telephone , a cellphone priced at £199 , inclusive of connection , and with a 55p peak rate charge .
24 And Japan is now in on the COSE act too .
25 There was even good news from previously sickly UK insurer Eagle Star which is now back on the road to recovery .
26 The stolen lorry is now back on the road making money instead of being used to steal it .
27 ‘ If there is no room here , there is plenty up on the hill , and where do you think I would like to be ? ’
28 It is currently up on the Transputer and the 80386 , with 68000 family , ARM RISC and MIPS R3000 processors a few months away .
29 It is currently up on the Transputer and the 80386 , with 68000 family , ARM RISC and MIPS R3000 processors a few months away .
30 The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle , the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here .
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