Example sentences of "be on in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Lights are on in some of the windows as milkmen and postmen swallow mugs of hot tea . |
2 | I 'm on in five minutes , that old ass slowed me down . ’ |
3 | The lights were on in all the houses up Maple Drive . |
4 | Lights were on in all the rooms facing the front and the curtains were drawn . |
5 | No lights were on in any of the houses and the only living thing in sight was a brindled cat who froze on the pavement , surveyed the bleak October night , and padded arrogantly across the road . |
6 | it 's on in black and white and fifties , it looks quite good fun . |
7 | Red Dwarf 's on in one minute . |
8 | ‘ It 's on in three weeks ’ time . ’ |
9 | In 1924 he joined the Calico Printers ' Association as a research chemist , at a time when the search was on in many laboratories for new synthetic fibres . |
10 | sort of kick-offs if any there was on in transactional terms last year Royal Doulton month erm sorry eighteen month type basis ? |