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

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1 In those days Leeds used to be on telly quite a bit but of course there was not the coverage of every game as now .
2 If the files are on computer then the printout should indicate the time that has elapsed since the last time entry on the file .
3 ‘ They were on shore nearly a week , then Flint came back alone .
4 This marks a contrast with HP and other retail credit , where the ‘ life ’ of each loan is on average roughly a year : for example , the £7,281 million extended on new agreements during 1979 ( see p. 23 ) left a total debt outstanding at the end of that year of £7,818 million .
5 During that time I held honorary NHS senior registrar status and , to maintain my clinical skills , was on call once a week as a resident registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology and did a full day 's operating list once every two weeks .
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