Example sentences of "on [prep] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games .
2 Iain Laughland , for one , has gone on from being a long-serving cap from London Scottish to be the exiles ' representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee and , ex officio , chairman of the Anglo-Scots ' committee .
3 One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international .
4 ‘ She can go on to be a latter day Judy Garland .
5 From there you could go on to be the lucky winner of a brand new limited edition Escort/Dash Cabriolet ( worth £15,000 approx ) and £1,000-worth of Dash leisurewear .
6 Here the agent is investing in the small artist , trusting the manager 's judgement that this act should go on to be the next big thing .
7 He was rehearsing Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and the lines had fled ; what he hung on to was the physical business , and when he did some of it to the mirror it seemed poor stuff for the old Living Boomerang .
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