Example sentences of "his [noun] be on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 2 | His mother would introduce him as ‘ my darling son , Nigel — he 's such a talented writer , you know , and his marriage is on the rocks , poor dear . |
| 3 | He was a good soldier , but his marriage was on the rocks . |
| 4 | Then his feet were on the stairs and he was walking down the narrow , dark steps , which twisted sharply to the right . |
| 5 | His name was on the voters ' list as occupying Moat Hall , the small mansion Burden had found deserted , but plainly he had left it months before . |
| 6 | He never knew his father , his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity and his drunken step-father sold second-hand cars . |