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

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1 When Conchis had said that he 'd been down on Moutsa the week before , it had been this one fact , the sweet womanish perfume , that had puzzled me .
2 Home owners will be notified which bracket they are in on December 2 .
3 For slip stitch the main carriage is set to slip so the cam lever is on S on Silver and Knitmaster machines , both Part buttons are in on Brother and the selection lever or dial is set to the central empty position on the Toyota models 901 and 950 .
4 Meantime , of course , we 're down on boarders as a result . ’
5 It 's alright you 're off on Wednesday you can do it then .
6 It 's Phoenix , you 're off on Tuesday .
7 and we 're off on Friday , I 'm on a half day on Thursday , so I think I should have my day off on Wednesday .
8 Yes you 're up on Sunday , yeah
9 ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell .
10 You know if you 're out on strike you 're out on strike and must make it hundred percent , that 's how it is .
11 You know if you 're out on strike you 're out on strike and must make it hundred percent , that 's how it is .
12 Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing .
13 They 're out on license while they help the 250 people with special needs .
14 ‘ I 'd have liked to have done more with M/M because they 're out on tour now .
15 Because we fix up dummy alternative quarters , see , an ’ call that Platoon HQ We keep it manned — I 'll see to that — an' if they come nosin' around lookin' for you , you 're out on patrol of course , see .
16 that 's right she picks her up cos you 're out on Wednesday night
17 It 's a great shame that when we are presented with er a problem , when we 're out on site , we actually forget all these things and , and I think that probably it took you an hour or so yesterday to actually recognise , oh yes , I need this and I need this and I need this .
18 Now when you 're out on site some of these things you have to do each week .
19 THREE-TWO-ONE-ROLLING — ’ we 're back on air .
20 I said to John last night he 's going to London on fifteenth , oh well , the fourteenth if we 're back on Sunday .
21 ‘ You 're back on land again , my lad .
22 We 're back on line
23 We 're back on Friday , here on Scottish , with Scotsport Extra Time , at ten-thirty .
24 and they 've done ever so well cos they did all Cos of course we had fine whether last week , they got everything done , and then it poured at the weekend but they were n't there , and now they 're back on site the weather 's cheered up again .
25 We 're back on Tuesday .
26 Everything seems to be going fine with the production of Cymru Wledig and the Annual Report , but I am worried about last minute problems , particularly since I am off on holiday to Cornwall on Saturday morning !
27 My two brothers are off on holiday now for ten days .
28 Touch more , and you 'd have been off on episode three …
29 Top End , which supports X/Open 's Distributed Transaction Processing model and XA Resource Manager interface , has been up on NCR 3000s since May of 1991 , and is now in use at multiple sites .
30 McLean is not the first bouncer to have been tried for Murder and certainly not the first bouncer to have been up on charges of serious violence .
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