Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important union for farm workers in England is the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers ( NUAAW ) which has a membership of approximately 90000 , three-quarters of whom are employed on the land . |
| 2 | This story runs parallel with that of a bank robbery which is being planned for 14th July by a group of petty criminals , some of whom are employed on the building site for the new hotel . |
| 3 | Her materials consist of marble dust , gypsum cement , resins and rhoplex , but the ways in which she works with them are based on a kind of body language , using gestures that are related to her subject matter . |
| 4 | Two of them are shown on the right with their lines of symmetry drawn . |
| 5 | Every time I meet her I am thrown on the defensive . |
| 6 | I am tapped on the head by innumerable vice presidents , given a small raise , taken to the opera by the client , and sent to Hong Kong for the signing of the loan . |
| 7 | Well , I 'm joined on the line by Audrey . |
| 8 | great big towers which are painted an off white colour , an' I 'm featured , an' I 'm featured on the front of a very famous album by Pink Floyd . |
| 9 | I 'm based on the moons of Jupiter from now on , and the only time I 'll come back to earth will be strictly on a day-trip basis . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm wanted on the ward , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 11 | I 'm wanted on the phone , and then I have a long-standing business lunch and a couple of other appointments . |
| 12 | And I 'm parked on a yellow line , and it 's raining — and I 'm Elinor Browne , with an ‘ E ’ , ’ she concluded in a little rush . |
| 13 | And why do reception staff often ask if I 've stayed with them before when I 'm booked on a regular customer discount ? |
| 14 | I 'm up here and I 'm perched on the ledge |
| 15 | I 'm impaled on the blue flames of his blow-torch eyes you see . ’ |
| 16 | Pretty much the same at the moment because I 'm I 'm sat on a couple of bills for Salford Council who I 'm sure can afford it for the moment . |
| 17 | I 'm put on a murder case . |
| 18 | if I 'm put on a ladder with a television set then forget it , because |
| 19 | Any response from me would have resulted in my being kissed on the forehead and my hair tousled ( and no boy is happy in being so treated , especially by a brother ) . |
| 20 | I was hit on the leg and the wrist and knocked to the floor . |
| 21 | I was hit on the right leg and nearly fell . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , at least she knew I was born on a Wednesday … |
| 23 | I was born on the English side , but prefer to be Scottish . |
| 24 | I was born on the twenty eighth of December nineteen ten . |
| 25 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 26 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 27 | I was followed on the platform by a self-confessed cynic who poked clever fun at my talk and finished by saying ‘ … and anyway , Bob Geldof is naff ’ , as if the only relevant criterion for judging his contribution was one of personal taste and style . |
| 28 | This was also the first of many operations at Poole in which I was involved on the cutters . |
| 29 | In the afternoon , I was conducted on a shopping expedition by from Alligarh , an ex-student of ours from Lancaster . |
| 30 | I was kept on the rails . |