Example sentences of "be on [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've done and they 're on their second thing . |
| 2 | I ca n't buy anything cos I 'm on my first time round . |
| 3 | I 'm on my seventh question . |
| 4 | I 'm on my second side ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm on my third divorce , did I tell you that ? ’ |
| 6 | He has been at Salisbury for 21 years — ‘ I 'm on my third bishop , my fourth dean and my fifth clerk ’ . |
| 7 | There 's a flower bed of sorts over by the fence but the flowers look to be on their last legs , as far as I can make out . |
| 8 | But she did not guess this was how it would be on her first morning . |
| 9 | But you know honestly , the mother 's like Ken , who do their children absolutely no , no , they 're now the proud owner 's of three sons all of them , well John 's on his second marriage , Ken 's on his second marriage and will be on his second marriage |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll be on it next year . |
| 11 | The result of the vote is at least a hopeful sign that sexist dinosaurs are on their last legs in the 20th Century . |
| 12 | Now they are on their third generation of RIP and second generation of PostScript imagesetters with the Linotronic 200P . |
| 13 | ‘ There has been a lot of electrical equipment stolen we are on our third video since Christmas . |
| 14 | Erlich had been on his last months in Washington when he had read the lesson , digested it , that safe folks crossed the road from danger , and did n't mind who they turned their backs on . |
| 15 | Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age . |
| 16 | Kaminski and crew were almost at the end of their tour , the pilot being on his 27th mission . |
| 17 | The boys of 602 were on their second cup of tea and the ‘ Spits ’ half-refuelled when a full-scale bombing raid , the first attack on Britain of the war , began out in the Forth . |
| 18 | And when Ross had proceeded to tell all the interested spectators — of which there had been many — that he and Laura were on their second honeymoon … she 'd almost exploded with loathing of the man who was now so clearly dominating her life . |
| 19 | It took me a lot more years , and even more boyfriends , to cotton on , by which time most of the occupants of the back rows had been married to each other for years and were on their second spin dryer . |
| 20 | Holding , Garner and Gomes had retired and youngsters such as Ambrose , Hooper , Arthurton and Bishop were on their first tour of England . |
| 21 | The last two officers were both parachute instructors and were on their first operation . |
| 22 | As he left , the engineers were on their third cup and discussing last week 's retirement party . |
| 23 | It 's an old established set-up , but I reckon it 's on its last legs now . |
| 24 | up there , right , there 's the she 's on her fifth child , she 's got four kids , she just about to have her fifth |
| 25 | And that 's on your first night ! |
| 26 | Do you mind missing Delmonico 's on your first visit to New York ? ’ |
| 27 | But you know honestly , the mother 's like Ken , who do their children absolutely no , no , they 're now the proud owner 's of three sons all of them , well John 's on his second marriage , Ken 's on his second marriage and will be on his second marriage |
| 28 | But you know honestly , the mother 's like Ken , who do their children absolutely no , no , they 're now the proud owner 's of three sons all of them , well John 's on his second marriage , Ken 's on his second marriage and will be on his second marriage |
| 29 | The security apparatus , known as Stasi by the people who feared it , is on its last legs after 39 years of running agents , snooping on dissidents and harassing critics of the ruling Communist party . |
| 30 | Zack is on his first day working as a repairman for Gadgetco Inc . |