Example sentences of "he be [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I heard him being interviewed on the news a few minutes ago , ’ Bridget added . |
| 2 | For all his international notoriety , Harari is barely known in his native country , and the one photograph known to exist of him was reprinted on the front pages of newspapers yesterday accompanying the news of his arrest . |
| 3 | Not only will he be accepted on the terraces but also as a drinking partner in the local pubs . |
| 4 | Bedraggled , barefoot , dressed in dirty white ducks , he looked as though he were hovering on the verge of death . |
| 5 | Do you know , I went in there right and the majority of people never took no blind bit of notice then suddenly one person walked through the door , you know , he 's always playing next to me and he sits down , puts his trumpet there , gets his trumpet on ya , sits there , turns round and the next thing he were laying on the floor going |
| 6 | Further on , a hundred yards off-shore , as if he were walking on the water , his companion disturbed the glass-still lagoon as he strode through the shallows over a sand bar . |
| 7 | She spotted Nahum Morey in his rented pew , his legs outstretched and his head tipped back against the wood as if he were concentrating on the sermon 's message , but she was suddenly aware that their eyes were meeting . |
| 8 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 9 | He is pictured on the right receiving gift vouchers which he spent on household items and also treated himself to a new pair of binoculars for his bird watching hobby . |
| 10 | He is perching on the railway , six stops down the line , with a stationmaster he got to know somehow when he was on the town in Petersburg — the Dostoevsky no-home at its most stripped and strange in this novel of aimless movement . |
| 11 | A moment of discomfort for Allan Lamb during his 93 , as he is hit on the helmet by medium-pacer Shane Thomson |
| 12 | Maria learns from the men she drinks with in the cafe that he is hiding on the rooftops . |
| 13 | He is taxed on the amount or value of any benefit . |
| 14 | Some twenty minutes later , at about a quarter to five , he is seen on the third floor of the Polytechnique , in one of the corridors lined with student lockers , pressed against the wall and holding a long object in the green garbage bag , with a smaller white plastic bag by his side . |
| 15 | He is knocking on the door of the Ulster team and a good start to the season with Derry would do his representative prospects no harm . |
| 16 | However , the bargain must be made well in advance ; it will only undermine your disciplinary strategy if you wait until he is lying on the floor , kicking and screaming and refusing to go to the shops , and then begin promising ice-cream . |
| 17 | He is sitting on the corner of the big table in the kitchen , nodding his head and nibbling a dry biscuit , as Shirley Esplin , the flautist , explains about her work to him . |
| 18 | ‘ Also , he is playing on the right and thinking ‘ what 's going on here ? |
| 19 | He is working on the making of a crystal-wireless set ; he is one of the first men in Scotland to produce one at home . |
| 20 | Hard as he is working on the switch , it may be that Bayfield is being groomed in the rigours of international rugby so as to be better able to step into Dooley 's shoes when he finally retires , probably at the end of this season . |
| 21 | Joining the clamour for the Chancellor 's head , he added : ‘ He is loathed on the Continent . |
| 22 | He feels so close to the nature of the place that he is photographed on the jacket of his book wearing a curious hat and holding the tusk of a wild pig . |
| 23 | He is mentioned on the bugged ‘ love tapes . ’ |
| 24 | Although the speaker is obviously not denying the fact that the Senate dared to criticize the National Film Board in this use , he is saying on the other hand that he would not have thought it possible for Senators to dare to do such a thing , given the sacrosanct character of the media . |
| 25 | If he is to practise standing up , the plinth height may be raised , so that he is perched on the edge with his legs fairly straight : this reduces the support under his seat , but makes it easier for him to stand . |
| 26 | And there , i Peter when he 's preaching on the day pentecost , he says this is was has happened , God has done just that , just as Jesus promised . |
| 27 | ‘ His weight is not based on anything he 's achieved on the Flat , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps he 's saving on the gas bill back at the Vicarage . ’ |
| 29 | Maybe he 's leaning on the safety rail , with his back to the path and his head bent . |
| 30 | and er he saw the , he was with Trigger he says , he says keep calm , drinking calm , were in here my son , right , and er its the bit where he 's leaning on the bar and the bloke lifts up the bar and he just folds like a tonne of bricks sideways |