Example sentences of "you [am/are] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 2 | It 's hard to keep your eyes away from documents people beside you are reading on the train , especially when they are X/Open Co Ltd internal memoranda : the one seen by a Unigram.X spy at Lewisham , South London last week promised in its first paragraph ‘ a 0% payrise ’ for unfortunate X/Open employees . |
| 3 | ‘ He says you are trespassing on the land belonging to the Maker of Clouds . |
| 4 | If you are riding on the road you just see different towns , but in the forest there is such variety , that an hour ride becomes what you want it to be . |
| 5 | Pete says there 's great freedom in the air … you can float to wherever you want to … the sensation is great especially when you are flying on the last wind of the day |
| 6 | The LM form of homœopathic medication is unusual in that once you are improving on the remedy you actually continue to take it even when you are feeling well . |
| 7 | ‘ Possibly you are meditating on the fact of my baldness . ’ |
| 8 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 9 | There are six short vowels , as in the following sentence : You will take these in your stride without much ado if you are concentrating on the sense of the sentence , noticing the crisp consonants . |
| 10 | If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat . |
| 11 | If you are working on the RM Nimbus network WAIT for the Command Menu to reappear and then : |
| 12 | Unless you are working on the switchboard or reception , you should also state your name . |
| 13 | This is because you are working on the main background colour . |
| 14 | Send them to your boss 's secretary , stating in writing that you are starting on the preparation of the report , as instructed , and are basing it on the enclosed terms of reference . |
| 15 | You are standing on the edge now . |
| 16 | So while you 're writing on the board have one of those pauses . |
| 17 | cos you 're saving on the coal then we 're you know |
| 18 | At least when you 're knitting on the bigger gauges you have fewer rows to knit than on a fine or standard gauge . |
| 19 | Not just chip papers and er newspaper type litter what we normally see , it 's if you 're living on the top flat and you have a new settee , how what do you do with that settee ? |
| 20 | And meanwhile we 'll keep going you know and er and do what we have to do which is to make sure that when they get dow when they get round to that table sitting down that well certainly the the quarry men are not gon na be hungry if if you know what I mean I mean they they gon na sit there with full bellies in a sense that they 're not gon na be starved back and I mean th that sounds rather dramatic and a cliched but I mean when you 're living on the bread line and expecting money from week to week I mean that 's what it 's all about is n't it you know and and the food parcel . |
| 21 | Erm the point which I do n't think I a quite adequately covered , erm Alan mentioned it did you not , in relation to where you give a signal , erm th the h new Highway Code makes a slight variation in relation to where you should give the signal when you 're exiting on the roundabout . |
| 22 | I think that you should have a small amount , just what you 're using on the day |
| 23 | Well you 're leaning on the table now , I ca n't think what oh . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're going on the payroll , Sara . |
| 25 | No , I was told before I came on the course , you 're going on the course to learn to make maximum use out of it , you 're not going on an almighty second holiday and |
| 26 | you 're going on the potty instead of the toilet now are you ? |
| 27 | You 're going on the Friday ? |
| 28 | You 're going on the trampoline . |
| 29 | Lambs : Next time you 're travelling on the motorway keep an eye out for young spring lambs in the surrounding fields . |
| 30 | Yes , I know We 're going to be investigating some carpet shops while you 're signing on the dotted line , wo n't need me in there now will you ? |