Example sentences of "[pers pn] be on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are lots of priests at Manchester United , ’ he said in typical Docherty style , ‘ and some of them are on the board . ’ |
| 2 | It will also answer your two questions — why Van Gelder and I are on the wagon and why the six survivors have been — well , locked up out of harm 's way . |
| 3 | I voted Tory not because I want to earn lots of money ( I am on the dole ) , but precisely because I object to the facile cynicism as witnessed above . |
| 4 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 5 | When I am on the Government side of the House it will be my turn to answer questions . |
| 6 | Even though I am on the Pill . |
| 7 | Rainbow , slower than I am on the uptake , inches away from Anya , and looks appalled . |
| 8 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |
| 9 | The outfits are also useful for training ; when I am on the back straight at West London , Ron can see what I 'm doing quite clearly , especially on the video afterwards . |
| 10 | The first brimstone of the year is a messenger of spring , and from then onwards I am on the look-out until the very last peacock in October . |
| 11 | By the time I am back in the tent I am on the borderline , cold enough to wake Tony with disjointed movements . |
| 12 | I am truly scared I am on the scrap-heap — and it HURTS . |
| 13 | Probably when I am on the bus I am sitting in someone 's special place . |
| 14 | I am on the bus for Fifty-five minutes and the journey begins to get quite boring . |
| 15 | I am on the conain ( What ? — Ed ) and feeling sweet . |
| 16 | And during this time I am on the monitor studying the whole thing so that we can make our plans and adjustments for our filming with the real orchestra . |
| 17 | I am on the side of the one who 's going to be killed . ’ |
| 18 | I am on the side of the angels — that 's what you wanted to be reassured about ? ’ |
| 19 | " Well , I 'm not a detective , but I am on the side of the law . |
| 20 | Now I am on the tower 's battlements , which are square . |
| 21 | I 'm on the race track . |
| 22 | but I 'm going race track as well so I 'm on the race |
| 23 | I 'm on the race track |
| 24 | I 'm on the race track now I throw the dice myself here do n't I ? |
| 25 | Stewart from Tamworth says I 'm on the dole and have to pay maintenance , Prince Charles should be doing the same . |
| 26 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm on the way . |
| 28 | And what 's more , they telephone each other to say I 'm on the way . |
| 29 | I sat there last night I actually I 'm on the way to the post office cos I got the erm form back for claiming for Christmas holidays |
| 30 | Do n't get cross with me , I 'm on the level . |