Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [be] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 2 | That was until he saw what was on the front page . |
| 3 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 4 | He knew he was on the home straight . |
| 5 | I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to . |
| 6 | ‘ He also says , he hopes you 're on the level . |
| 7 | Gerald come in and he said you been on the piss already ? |
| 8 | He said he was on the Prince of Orange 's staff . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 10 | But he said it was on the 15th , and that 's Thursday . ’ |
| 11 | At 40 , he knows he 's on the road to fortune and admits to spending more time talking with journalists than working over hot ovens in the kitchen . |