Example sentences of "be [adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 2 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 3 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 4 | The Portuguese , Greek and Italians are in on the same thing too . |
| 5 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
| 6 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 7 | We 're up on the third floor here . |
| 8 | We 've got a number of good pension funds that ordinary working people can join , but the issue that has come about since compulsory competitive tendering privatization is those members that 've been in pension funds for maybe twenty , twenty five years now they 're out on the open job market with the wonderful privatized world that we live in , with a free market , and they ca n't afford to make adequate pension provision for themselves . |
| 9 | We 've , I do n't know if everyone 's worked the same system , but we 're back on the old appointment system . |
| 10 | For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board . |
| 11 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
| 12 | The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze . |
| 13 | As it happens it would seem that most of those children are out on an English trip . |
| 14 | Had it been out on the public streets he would have been arrested for a breach of the peace . |
| 15 | The aircraft had a peculiar motion , rather like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell , or rather what I imagined that must feel like , never having been out on the open sea in a small boat . |
| 16 | PIETER MULLER from South Africa — mentioned in those pages by John Robbie as one of the future ‘ hopes ’ when the Springboks are back on the international scene — is starring in the centre for GREYSTONES , Robbie 's former Irish club , in the AIL second division . |
| 17 | But let smaller pictures of God satisfy us and squeeze him out , and we are back on the easier road to cheap grace and nominal faith . |
| 18 | to rugby next the cherry and whites are back on the winning trail … they beat Pontypool at the weekend in a real rough and tumble of a game … |
| 19 | Oxford United are back on the winning trail but Hereford are still chasing success … they both played last night … |
| 20 | Gloucester are back on the winning trail … against all the odds … they beat Northampton on Saturday … 19-14 was the score … here 's the action |
| 21 | But for no more than half-a-dozen months — and then they are back on the high seas again , pursuing their trade . |
| 22 | It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered . |
| 23 | It should be up on the 800 server series in the third quarter . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't tell father that , ’ grinned Nellie , ‘ or he 'll be out on the next boat ! , |
| 25 | The boat moved restlessly beneath them , as if impatient to be out on the open sea . |
| 26 | Design : Crossed lines over the toytown tram : City transport could soon be back on the right track , says Jonathan Glancey |
| 27 | If Woosnam has his way , Mouland will be back on the winning trail tomorrow with the former World No 1 convinced he can tear the La Morajela course apart at the weekend . |
| 28 | By then they need to be back on the winning trail which hopefully will start on Saturday against Moseley . |
| 29 | He never sold his day 's OTC quota , and so his leader would shout : " You 'll soon be back on the fucking training floor . " |
| 30 | For years afterwards I only had to hear it played and in my mind I would be back on the muddy camp site , feeling again the excitement and fun and tragedy which filled the air . |