Example sentences of "be [adv prt] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Su Ragazzi have lost only once this year — to Jets earlier this month — but showed they are back on the rails on Saturday by defeating Team Fife for the loss of only 13 points , 15-3 , 15-5 , 15-5 .
2 The most common offence was to break the curfew , aliens were not supposed to be out on the streets after eleven .
3 I ring up and they say ‘ it 'll be three weeks ’ — I could be out on the streets by then . ’
4 ‘ Well then , ’ I told her , ‘ you will be back on the boards for autumn , when the season begins .
5 They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century .
6 Every week they were out on the streets of Highgate or Chalk Farm preaching , and Eva belonged to the cadet 's singing brigade .
7 Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot .
8 Alongside these , the seasonal range of edible flowers is back on the shelves of stores causing great media and customer interest .
9 IVAN Boesky is back on the streets of New York City .
10 Mary was up on the fells with her flock of sheep and goats , she said , perhaps over Buttermere way or maybe towards Robinson .
11 But as a model prisoner he was back on the streets within three years after remission for good behaviour .
12 Darcy was out on the links in Jersey yesterday and unable to come to the phone , but a member of the team of architects working on the project dismisses fears that the site will be ruined .
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