Example sentences of "be on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been on about the Brownies ever since she was seven , the age at which Granny says girls can join . ’ |
| 2 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 3 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 4 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 5 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 6 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
| 7 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 8 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
| 9 | The search for a proper definition has certainly been on in the House of Commons for several years . |
| 10 | And the programmes that are on during the day , but erm this sort of thing is slightly more important I feel . |
| 11 | I think it 's fair to say that with this new computer erm the box office that we 've got a lot of information can be stored on that and in future we 'll be using a much more erm sophisticated in a scientific way for instance if you came here and book that seat that your sitting in tonight we would know on that computer what type of show that your discouraging coming to erm we can say to you we can send you out a leaflet saying the kind of er things that you 'd like to see are on at the playhouse on such and such a date and we could even say to you would you like the seat that you normally sit in . |
| 12 | I do n't want to turn round cos the lights are on at the moment . |
| 13 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 14 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 15 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 16 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 17 | No we 're not putting any more films on Aaron cartoons are on in a minute |
| 18 | We keep the trees erm they 're on about the trees are mature well my suggestion is there 's a lot of councillors that are very mature and really they could do far better getting eleven spindly new younger councillors to make these decisions on behalf of all the public tax payers in Nottingham . |
| 19 | You 'll find it more productive than the one you 're on at the moment . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 're on for a fiver . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And you 're on to a winner with the poll tax , paying the same as us . ’ |
| 23 | Costs are well down and will continue to fall and I 'm more confident than ever that we 're on to a winner . |
| 24 | That Regina fee is just a blip — we 're on to a £500,000 success fee from Barton , and we 'll get that . ’ |
| 25 | Th f for a tax plan , that 's what I 'm on at the moment , and , and , and that 's a useful er device . |
| 26 | We 're erm that 's the booklet I 'm on at the moment . |
| 27 | she says , I 'm on about the lady with the dark hair |
| 28 | but I 'm on about the Tuesday after , the Monday after is Easter Monday |
| 29 | MIX and Max with Mel and you could be on to a video winner as we give away more than £2,500worth of Gibson tapes . |
| 30 | The company seems to be on to a winner — at least in theory . |