Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spooner 's idea came from an invitation by his actor-neighbour , Jim Dale , to visit the set of the latest Carry On … film at Pinewood — which just happened to be Carry On Cleo . |
| 2 | There was also going to be Carry On Dallas , a parody on the TV series . |
| 3 | CAMEO is designed to be carried on emergency vehicles and has undergone successful on-scene field trials with the Seattle Fire Department . |
| 4 | Keepin and Kats were responsible for a calculation which has been taken up and treated with biblical reverence by the anti-nuclear lobby : for nuclear power to displace coal from the energy mix in a high energy scenario 8000 large reactors would have to be brought on line worldwide at the rate of one every one-and-a-half days . |
| 5 | His embalmed body was carried to Dunfermline for burial , but at his own request his heart had been removed by a trusted comrade-in-arms , Sir James Douglas , to be taken on Crusade . |
| 6 | But it 's difficult — obviously people have to be taken on trust . |
| 7 | Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true . |
| 8 | ‘ So a few things are going to have to be taken on trust . |
| 9 | The demands for better conditions for young intellectuals , for action to be taken on corruption , for political reforms to match those taking place in the economic sphere , and for free speech had become familiar by now . |