Example sentences of "be on a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think having a car you do make more unnecessary journeys — when you 're on a bike or public transport you really have to plan well ahead . |
| 2 | if you 're on , if you 're on a motorway or a carriageway , right |
| 3 | If you 're on a sailing or windsurf holiday you may still book without a supplement if you 're willing to share with someone on the same holiday . |
| 4 | You know how it is on ferries — you get a bit disoriented , you never know if you 're on A deck or B deck , or which bit of the outside you 're getting to when you go through a door — the front , the stern , or the sides . |
| 5 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
| 6 | If people are gon na sit around the house while they 're unemployed , they 're probably the same people who sit around the house when they 're on a Saturday and Sunday when they 're working you know . |
| 7 | if you 're on a ship but that 's different . |
| 8 | You know , it 's bloody rocking about and you 're on a ship and |
| 9 | Oh you 're on a diet as well are you ? |
| 10 | If you 're on a diet and you 've found that you 've hit problems , ring Sue Frost on these special helplines . |
| 11 | ‘ As it is we 're on an island and the bloody weather 's deteriorating fast . |
| 12 | I 'm on a deck and clothing deal at the moment — I 'm really stoked . |
| 13 | Second , that I am not in a position of knowledge and I ca n't deliver some goods to them ; that basically , I 'm on a journey and I will hate the techniques I 'm learning for unpicking the threads of my life by becoming assertive and getting new knowledge with them . |
| 14 | I 'm on a diet but find it hard to keep going . |
| 15 | I 'm on a diet but I find I 'm so hungry all the time that I 'm just miserable and ca n't concentrate on anything . |
| 16 | It wo n't be on a unit that we have n't done . |
| 17 | The section only requires that the constable or warden should be on a road and a driver entering a road from a private drive in contravention of a constable 's signal under this section could commit an offence . |
| 18 | The register , like other records that a company is required to maintain , may be kept either in bound books or by recording the matter in any other way and , in particular , may be on a computer or other electronic device so long as the material can be reproduced in legible form and is so reproduced for purposes of inspection or supply of a copy . |
| 19 | The equations that represent physical systems that have an " internal friction " are dissipative : the flow unc on average contracts volumes in phase space , and so unc Continued shrinking of volume in phase space means that stable , persistent motion in an n-dimensional dissipative system must be on a structure that has a dimension less than n : this structure is an attractor and occupies a subset X of phase space . |
| 20 | You need to be on a diet that is healthy , well-balanced , and that you enjoy and makes you feel good . |
| 21 | I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it . |
| 22 | Microsoft may be on a limb when it claims to be working alone on connectivity and interoperability between NT and Unix SVR4 . |
| 23 | In Scotland , by contrast , one felt oneself to be on a periphery and , in some way , helpless . |
| 24 | The law says that a dog does n't have to be on a lead but it does have to be under control . |
| 25 | Registration could be on a site or company basis and will allow companies to use a recognised logo . |
| 26 | The grass was lucky if it grew , was shone upon and rained upon , and was not burned , and was not pulled up by the roots , or poisoned , or buried when the ground was turned over , and some bits just happened to be on a line that humans wanted to walk on , and so got trampled , broken , pressed flat , with no malice ; just effect . |
| 27 | I 'd half-expected the door to be on a chain or to be asked to push some ID through the letter-box before she opened up . |
| 28 | they they 'd be on a farm if he wants . |
| 29 | Entries must be on a postcard or the back of an envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in . |
| 30 | This may be on a sale or return agreement without asking for payment . |