Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A moment of discomfort for Allan Lamb during his 93 , as he is hit on the helmet by medium-pacer Shane Thomson |
| 6 | Maria learns from the men she drinks with in the cafe that he is hiding on the rooftops . |
| 7 | He is taxed on the amount or value of any benefit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Also , he is playing on the right and thinking ‘ what 's going on here ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Joining the clamour for the Chancellor 's head , he added : ‘ He is loathed on the Continent . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He is mentioned on the bugged ‘ love tapes . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ His weight is not based on anything he 's achieved on the Flat , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps he 's saving on the gas bill back at the Vicarage . ’ |
| 23 | Maybe he 's leaning on the safety rail , with his back to the path and his head bent . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | ( I met this boy , he 's living on the streets , we stole a boat . ) |
| 26 | But then he realised he 'd lost the manuscript for a biography he 's writing on the nineteenth century painter James Whistler . |
| 27 | He needs it because I suspect he 's hooked on the secrecy and excitement that could easily make him run off again . ’ |
| 28 | " And the work he 's done on the clunch pit case — how long would that have taken ? " |
| 29 | so , and then he was going on about the work he 's doing on the |
| 30 | And he 's banging on the engine cos it makes him sick |