Example sentences of "to be [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 2 | Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’ |
| 3 | However , right now USL is believed to be back on the road to going public . |
| 4 | Martin Bell is pleased to be back on the circuit , despite disappointing results early on after his knee operation |
| 5 | ‘ Everyone thought I was marvellous to be back on the catwalk seven weeks after Amber was born . |
| 6 | She was thrilled to be back on the trail again . |
| 7 | Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages . |
| 8 | They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century . |
| 9 | Now he 's hoping to be back on the golf course soon and singing again by the end of the year . |
| 10 | By then they need to be back on the winning trail which hopefully will start on Saturday against Moseley . |
| 11 | Shortwood attracts thousands of visitors and the idea behind the revival of the horse powered cider mill , is to demonstrate how life used to be down on the farm . |
| 12 | If you want to be in on the action then Club Benitses is the place to be . |
| 13 | All around the harbour there are tavernas , restaurants , bars and cafés and there is a disco on the ground floor of the Loggia called Bora Bora , so if you want to be in on the action there is nowhere better . |
| 14 | That is neither right or wrong ; we both have an interest and both want to be in on the decision . |
| 15 | It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered . |
| 16 | You had to be in on the script meetings and the rehearsals to realize that underneath that company executive exterior lurked a funny man who took it all very seriously indeed . |
| 17 | We have to be out on the streets documenting the revolution and helping to forge our new democracy . |
| 18 | The most common offence was to break the curfew , aliens were not supposed to be out on the streets after eleven . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ said the Countess , ‘ are you to be out on the town again with your wounded soldiers ? ’ |
| 20 | Was n't it very cold to be out on the moor at that hour ? |
| 21 | The boat moved restlessly beneath them , as if impatient to be out on the open sea . |
| 22 | Such a night for a ten-year-old child to be out on the North Sea , as by now she must be , if contrary winds had not driven the ship back into port . |
| 23 | In Calcutta , most residents of the middle-class trading and residential district appeared to be out on the street . |
| 24 | Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready . |