Example sentences of "he [is] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill Walker , MP for Tayside North , said : ‘ He is living on borrowed time . ’ |
| 2 | Thus it is that the Masters and Augusta are always spoken of in reverential tones , each contestant being made to feel that he is walking on hallowed ground in close communion with the saints of the game . |
| 3 | So the poor old boy had two major operations in three weeks , but he 's getting on fine now . ’ |
| 4 | Yes so and I reckon quite frankly cos he 's living on that lay by up the end and I reckon he was hiding , do a runner or something or he ai n't up to something no good ! |
| 5 | ‘ The Commissioner 's giving a pep talk this afternoon about all the progress he 's making on this shooting . |
| 6 | ‘ So he 's lyin' on top again/Just like Gepetto … ’ |
| 7 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
| 8 | so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him |
| 9 | He 's sold his private jet ; he 's focussing on one job ; winning the world crown . |