Example sentences of "be on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe you hear the gas bottle explode a couple of minutes and a couple of miles later , when you 're on the loch-side road heading away , but it 's blowing quite hard by then and you 're not sure . |
| 2 | If they 're on the long tour at this point , the commentator is pushed aside by the man playing the part of the cook . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're on the African Quota ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're on the right deck — you 're just on the wrong side of the ship ! |
| 6 | Dr ‘ Patterson ’ … patients here are very much consultant oriented , and no matter how much you may feel you 're on the right lines for treatment , they do expect to go along and see a consultant . |
| 7 | Right , you 're on the right lines . |
| 8 | You 're , you 're on the right lines , you 're on the right lines . |
| 9 | You 're , you 're on the right lines , you 're on the right lines . |
| 10 | ‘ Iris , if we 're on the right lines , Dora must be feeling pretty grim at the moment . |
| 11 | ‘ No , but you 're on the right lines . |
| 12 | You 're on the right lines . |
| 13 | No but you 're on the right lines now . |
| 14 | Sure we 're on the right platform ? |
| 15 | ‘ Well , you 're on the right road , but I would say you had chosen the wrong day . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We 're on the right road . ’ |
| 17 | We would like to think we 're on the right road to producing a successful senior line-up . ’ |
| 18 | Are you sure you are n't treating yourself to easy self-congratulation , seeking approval , making certain you 're on the right side ? |
| 19 | They 're on the right hand side . |
| 20 | ‘ D' you reckon we 're on the right track , Geoff ? ’ |
| 21 | Or even more you 're on the right track , yeah . |
| 22 | But it looks as though we 're on the right track at last . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 're on the right track , ’ he said softly . |
| 24 | Given the chance to put their MEP on the spot in Strasbourg , this generation wants to be sure they 're on the right track . |
| 25 | There 's no panic , because Gloucester know they 're on the right track and tomorrow at Kingsholm , West Hartlepool will probably find themselves rail roaded . |
| 26 | if you suffer from Mansellmania … you 're on the right channel tonight … we 've a competition coming up first news of Sunday 's grand prix in Mark Kiff 's action round up |
| 27 | ‘ So we 're on the second floor . ’ |
| 28 | Well , we 're on the second summer , just finishing now , and we 're having quite a lot of produce coming off the plots , and we 're hoping to start an orchard as well , just to keep it developing . |
| 29 | We 're on the second side of this . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , and you 're on the downward path , ’ said Joe . |