Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been on about the Brownies ever since she was seven , the age at which Granny says girls can join . ’ |
| 2 | In March 1922 ‘ snobbish clerks ’ on the Moscow Kursk line , which had been on of the most revolutionary , in 1905 and 1917 , were refusing to attend meetings where common signalman and the like were to be found . |
| 3 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 4 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 5 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 6 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 7 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 8 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
| 9 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 10 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
| 11 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |
| 12 | The search for a proper definition has certainly been on in the House of Commons for several years . |
| 13 | I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight . |
| 14 | You definitely are on along the right lines . |
| 15 | And the programmes that are on during the day , but erm this sort of thing is slightly more important I feel . |
| 16 | I do n't want to turn round cos the lights are on at the moment . |
| 17 | I think it 's fair to say that with this new computer erm the box office that we 've got a lot of information can be stored on that and in future we 'll be using a much more erm sophisticated in a scientific way for instance if you came here and book that seat that your sitting in tonight we would know on that computer what type of show that your discouraging coming to erm we can say to you we can send you out a leaflet saying the kind of er things that you 'd like to see are on at the playhouse on such and such a date and we could even say to you would you like the seat that you normally sit in . |
| 18 | you are on to a good thing , you 'll end up with knitteds that suit you because they fit . |
| 19 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 20 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 21 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 22 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 23 | Judging by the trade and the spirited bidding , Scotland 's hill farmers now know that they are on to a good thing . |
| 24 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 25 | No we 're not putting any more films on Aaron cartoons are on in a minute |
| 26 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 27 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 29 | When he went round the corner to her room and knocked , she would have to pretend that she had been down to the kitchens . |
| 30 | During the last week of September that year , Cornwall had been enjoying an Indian summer and Edna and Celia had been down to the Cove every day . |