Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 2 | aye but I mean some of them are on this Committee as well I mean Wendy and I for a start erm so that would be good right let's try and give that one a |
| 3 | I am on delicate business . |
| 4 | I am on friendly terms with a dog who is intoxicated with the pleasure of travelling in motor cars . |
| 5 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |
| 6 | I am on common ground when I remind the House that this case was immensely serious . |
| 7 | I have no doubt that there are many colleagues more expert than I am on this subject already planning their drafts ! |
| 8 | Here I must admit that I am on shaky ground . |
| 9 | In fact I 'll give my neighbours who live opposite , I do n't see a lot of them but they they are my opposite neighbours and of course the 's really I 'm on good terms with I ought to give them I 'll get them a tin of biscuits as well . |
| 10 | I 'm on indefinite leave . |
| 11 | I 'm on living assurance , I thought that was low . |
| 12 | I 'm on reasonable terms there . ’ |
| 13 | So when you 're talking about marketing and the marketing manager 's in the audience , you could say , ‘ Whoops , I 'm on dangerous ground — I know John over there knows a lot more about this than I do . ’ |
| 14 | But it wo n't be tomorrow nor Friday because I 'm on late duty those nights . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm on five goals now and I 'm happy that the onus is on me and Ally McCoist to score on Wednesday . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm on three days ’ leave but I wanted to get my report done . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm on this milk shake diet , and it 's really working . |
| 18 | Erm , I 'm on this occasion I 'll keep as close to this as I can possibly go . |
| 19 | ‘ May I come in here : I 'm on this scheme for tonight . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ My broken engagement to Miss Sandra Bamfield is part of the reason I 'm on this side of the ocean , I guess . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I know I wo n't keep doing it at this rate but while I 'm on this streak I 'll take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm on high class anyway . |
| 23 | A stroll across the border into Ulster , the breakfast train to Belfast and I 'm on British soil . ’ |
| 24 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 25 | Heather and I were on friendly terms by then . |
| 26 | Now Derek and I were on one side of the hedge , stuffing the ferrets down , and Brian was positioned on the other , with the bird , waiting for the evicted rabbits . |
| 27 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
| 28 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 29 | Suddenly I was on first names terms . |
| 30 | I was on borrowed time . |