Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ardneavie House is big — at least ten bedrooms — and Lucinda and Jane and me are on the top floor with the boat's-crew Wrens . |
| 2 | How many of them are on the drier river terraces ? |
| 3 | I am on the radical wing of the ‘ leave-them-alone ’ camp and spurn the US Army research which proved that 80 percent of carefully burst blisters reattach to the skin over time . |
| 4 | ‘ I am on the third row , third from the right . |
| 5 | Too late in the day because all the hotels are full and I end up tramping round in the dark , lugging my pack and money ( cash , a great wad of hard currency ) , nervous of the hatchet-faced youths who watch me meandering round , concentrating so intently on making it look as though I know exactly where I 'm heading that I soon have no idea where I am on the mapless streets of Algiers . |
| 6 | I suppose I am plump — according to the ‘ Height and Weight ’ charts I am on the heavy side of OK , but my weight has stayed the same since I was fourteen , so I know it 's not true that I 'm overeating , or greedy . |
| 7 | If he finds me at it again he 'll be convinced I 'm on the slippery slope . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm on the bloody black one ! |
| 9 | I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ . |
| 10 | Yes I am at the moment , I , I 'm the highest earner at the moment and I 'm on the highest grade but I have n't been there the longest . |
| 11 | So I 'm on the defensive so he 's you know he 's |
| 12 | ‘ No thanks mate , ’ came the reply , ‘ I 'm on the other side of the bar tonight . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm on the other line , ’ Jude said . |
| 14 | I 'm on the other side . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm on the other side . |
| 16 | Mentally , I 'm on the other line . |
| 17 | ‘ If a sigh is four beats too late , I 'm on the other side of the stage four beats too early and the laugh is dead and I 've lost one of the best moments in the show . ’ |
| 18 | And there 's you thinking well I 'm on the other side of this book , well past you Tracey and you had to start all over again ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm on the first flight to Milan in the morning . ’ |
| 20 | That was to be my job , I 'm on the Double X , you know . |
| 21 | If Michael Ryan is n't around , if it simply looks impossible , the whole thing , I 'm on the next boat back to Belfast and over the border and safe in Dublin before you know it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm on the Miletti kidnapping , ’ Zen began . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ if I 'm on the top floor , I think my clock is OK , right ? |
| 24 | I 've never been into virtual reality but as I guess I 'm on the younger side of your readership at 18 I bet it will feature strongly by the time I enter the working world . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm on the editorial collective , as a matter of fact . ’ |
| 26 | That Green World is the new national newsletter which took over from news and erm because I 'm on the editorial board |
| 27 | Erm , I 'm on the fourth one ! |
| 28 | I 'm on the Northern . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm on the wrong road are n't I ? |
| 30 | I do n't need it cos I 'm on the wrong one ! |