Example sentences of "you [be] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , you are on subjective grounds , but by just about any objective industry standard , Trantec are doing themselves a disservice paying for full pages for those ads . |
| 2 | You will be paid while you are on sick leave but obviously there are limits to this . |
| 3 | You may not need to pay these fees — for example , if you are on supplementary benefit OR on family income supplement OR receiving advice and assistance from a solicitor under the Legal Advice and Assistance Scheme . |
| 4 | ‘ You are on open transmission , Timberwolf Seven . ’ |
| 5 | If you are on heavy and you need more , they just say , ‘ What do you need all those for ? ’ |
| 6 | thin ground I think you 're on dangerous grounds adjusting the formulations are n't you without |
| 7 | ‘ You 're the only two guests , so if you 're on separate floors it means you 've each got your own bathroom . |
| 8 | You 're on various bits and bobs , and you 're also on the cream . |
| 9 | Well I suppose so yeah cos when you 're on supplementary benefit |
| 10 | So you 're on Supplementary ? |
| 11 | So if you 're on full energy and have a potion of healing while your buddy 's damn-near dead , it 's tough — you ca n't let him swig it ! |
| 12 | You rely on speed and on raising an lowering the tappet , so when you put your foot on the decelerator it drops the tappet down and stops the value opening , then you 're on full compression and then you pull up , and that 's your main brake . |
| 13 | Smile , you 're on candid camera ! |
| 14 | Well you 're on candid tape . |
| 15 | In this business , you 're on dodgy ground trying to attach the words ‘ courage ’ and ‘ integrity ’ to anything ; certainly the Heavenly EP is for a good cause , and those involved are doing a lot for their profiles in the worthiest possible way , blah blah , charidee , blah blah AIDS , but Sinead has done too ( see following letter ) and in any case , she 's on another planet to these people . |
| 16 | You 're on active assignment , Manville . |
| 17 | This feature is also useful for keeping things in view when you 're on unsteady ground . |
| 18 | At the present time jobs are not easy to come by , and if you 're on permanent , or rather short-term contracts renewed all the time this makes a difference to where you can get to compared with a man with the equivalent training . |
| 19 | Lucky you 're on opposite sides of the room . |
| 20 | tell me what arrangements have you got your with your employer if you were on long term sickness ? |
| 21 | Yeah , wh when you was on short time , ooh yeah . |