Example sentences of "[pron] be on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I , well I 'm on a weeks ' holiday are n't I , at Easter ? |
| 2 | I 'm on the earlies in the morning now . |
| 3 | If I 'm on the earlies , right ? |
| 4 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I was on the terraces until five years ago . |
| 6 | ‘ He actually told me I was on the streets and told me Brian owed all this money . |
| 7 | If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it . |
| 8 | Yeah your , here 's , here 's your Christmas present I was on the streets for that . |
| 9 | Here I need mention only that my work at the Staff College and the Royal Military College in Baghdad put me under suspicion of espionage , and that had the pro-Nazi rebellion of Raschid Ali of May 1941 ( during which I was given protection in the American Embassy ) been successful , I should have fared badly , as it was surmised much later that I was on the rebels ' hit list . |
| 10 | I was on the skids , now I 'm doing all right . |
| 11 | I remember once I was on the steps of a hotel in Liverpool , and a middle-aged woman wearing a maroon coat came up and said , ‘ Hey , George , you know I 've always loved you , could I have your autograph ? ’ |
| 12 | Some are trainees actually do maybe I 've classed the fee earning staff which are on the areas , actually maybe some are n't actually non fee earners . |
| 13 | That gag was consciously played for laughs , of course , but the really funny thing is that the pioneering Australian brands which were on the shelves in the ‘ 70s were actually called the much more comical names of Kanga Rouge and Wallaby wine . |
| 14 | Ignoring the whole question of invisibility , which is particularly oppressive to working-class lesbians and gays , she nonetheless raised matters which were on the minds of many other heterosexual politicians . |
| 15 | Curiously enough , special interest is provided by music which is on the discs , but not mentioned on the front of the boxes ! |
| 16 | The Conference Planning Committee approved the location , which is on the outskirts of Bangkok , during its recent meeting in London . |
| 17 | The Conference Planning Committee approved the location , which is on the outskirts of Bangkok , during its recent meeting in London . |
| 18 | Such examples include the early Church of the Saviour ( 1425 ) in the Andronikhov Monastery in the city ( 248 ) and the Monastery of the Virgin of the Don ( 1593 ) which is on the outskirts ( 247 ) . |
| 19 | The gipsies who are on the laybys and the verges of west Oxfordshire are people who wish to stay living in caravans . |
| 20 | ‘ My son , ’ said Alex , ‘ you are on the horns of a dilemma . ’ |
| 21 | SUCH is the alarming speed with which pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream these days that one moment you can be an underground guitar hero from Seattle , next you 're on The Clothes Show . |
| 22 | Remember the next time you 're on the fells it 's up to us — only we can prevent the hills from vanishing , so watch where you 're putting your feet . |
| 23 | If you 're on the premises today , you 're coming , Security has its orders , on all the gates . |
| 24 | Well as daft as it seems Dennis as you probably know in this sort of game you 're on the roads very late at night and when you 're on the roads very late at night , you get a lot of bored policemen |
| 25 | Well as daft as it seems Dennis as you probably know in this sort of game you 're on the roads very late at night and when you 're on the roads very late at night , you get a lot of bored policemen |
| 26 | But it 's not too bad if you 're on the trains or the buses , I 've no delays to report . |
| 27 | But it 's not a bad evening if you 're on the trains or the buses , I 've no trouble to tell you about at all . |
| 28 | You 're on the divisors , strimmers and and we 're on cutting our lot |
| 29 | Wolfgang Rosch , the deputy commander of the Leipzig worker 's militia , which had been out in force during recent demonstrations , admitted that members ‘ had the same concerns as the people who were on the streets ’ . |
| 30 | Managers have been chosen by the old boy network , recommendations from people who were on the boards of charities . |