Example sentences of "be on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not necessarily done with bad intentions , but unless there 's much greater flow in and out , then I fear we 're on a downward path . |
| 2 | and they do n't normally because they 're on a far-flung outpost of the British Empire at Skegness |
| 3 | it could be sixty , if you 're on a if you 're on a two way traffic right |
| 4 | They 're employed now by the I P A , now , so they 're on a regular basis , th th th boatmen today what they call boatmen today , as I say they 're not boatmen , they 're just ropemen I call it . |
| 5 | look here well I , I know which one it is cos they 're on a separate page in the Argos book |
| 6 | ‘ And never forget , it 's an away match , and we 're on a sticky wicket . |
| 7 | you 're on a sticky wicket . |
| 8 | Oh yeah we we if if it 's if you 're on a thirty percent and mo which most of them would be if you 're on a thirty percent commission assignment then the other five percent just goes in the pot . |
| 9 | Oh yeah we we if if it 's if you 're on a thirty percent and mo which most of them would be if you 're on a thirty percent commission assignment then the other five percent just goes in the pot . |
| 10 | really hate is when you 're on a crowded train and you 're all getting on the train and someone else who 's getting off lights up a cigarette and |
| 11 | By the time they 're ten or eleven they 're on a six handicap . |
| 12 | If you 're on a long run conditions may change from the top to the bottom ; and when you feel your skis biting through the top surface it 's time to head back to the piste before you break up the snow too much . |
| 13 | They 're on a right bomb ! |
| 14 | They 're on a worldwide scale rather than a national scale , but you have to recognise that there are only so many hours in the day in which you can be efficient . |
| 15 | yeah , but they 're on a real roll at the moment are n't they ? |
| 16 | We 're on a white dot all play . |
| 17 | Well she thinks you 're on a high dose , you 're not , you 're on an okay dose . |
| 18 | Ironically , they 're on a never-ending search for the love they 've never had , ’ he says . |
| 19 | Gloucester rugby are back in league action tomorrow … the cherry and whites are away to orrell … last time out they beat Northampton so let's hope they 're on a winning roll … |
| 20 | The ones who have n't got it and say money is n't everything , Well they 're on a different planet really , if you think about it . |
| 21 | And if you 're on a weight-loss diet , the risk of missing out on vitamins is even greater . |
| 22 | You just ca n't envisage , you know , why and how they managed to afford such extravagant graves , and it 's like on two sides of a road , on one side you can only go in , and if you 're on a guided tour , erm , otherwise you 've got to , be like , somebody to do with the grave . |
| 23 | For me , there 's just something more powerful in Man 's ultimate punishments — whether they 're on a humanist level or a more mystical level — than in his ultimate rewards . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If they 're on the long tour at this point , the commentator is pushed aside by the man playing the part of the cook . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're on the African Quota ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 're on the right deck — you 're just on the wrong side of the ship ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Right , you 're on the right lines . |