Example sentences of "[pers pn] be on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th f for a tax plan , that 's what I 'm on at the moment , and , and , and that 's a useful er device . |
| 2 | We 're erm that 's the booklet I 'm on at the moment . |
| 3 | she says , I 'm on about the lady with the dark hair |
| 4 | but I 'm on about the Tuesday after , the Monday after is Easter Monday |
| 5 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 6 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 7 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 8 | That 's right yeah , for a little bit , I was on about the reference to er Embassy Service though |
| 9 | I was on about the necklace and you said it was a bit pricey |
| 10 | Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so |
| 11 | You 're on about the old King George ! |
| 12 | You 'll find it more productive than the one you 're on at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | you know the other night you were on about the fish that you had for your tea |
| 14 | Sharon 's done hers , she 's done the green one , she 's on to the pink one |
| 15 | ‘ She was on about the end o' the world was nigh . |
| 16 | Oh I thought you was on about the pie . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
| 18 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
| 19 | Yeah , that 's even better , but then we 're on to the forty foots so that 's even better . |
| 20 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
| 21 | We keep the trees erm they 're on about the trees are mature well my suggestion is there 's a lot of councillors that are very mature and really they could do far better getting eleven spindly new younger councillors to make these decisions on behalf of all the public tax payers in Nottingham . |
| 22 | oh well whatever , no it was n't , they were on about the B B C |
| 23 | They were on in the funfairs on the prom |
| 24 | It 's on at the Lyceum and is supposed to be frightfully good . |
| 25 | It 's on at the moment though . |
| 26 | It 's on at the moment . |
| 27 | Yeah it 's on at the moment . |
| 28 | Yeah yeah it 's on at the moment . |
| 29 | And then erm after the rehearsal some of us went off to get a pizza before the concert and he said to me , erm are you interested in going to hear the Mozart Requiem , it 's on at the Barbican on Wednesday ? |
| 30 | There are hints of a deeper and more subtly disturbing film , when Hawn 's character pauses to wonder if any woman really knows her husband — but , all too abruptly , it 's on with the show . |