Example sentences of "he [is] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He s on duty with England U18 side . |
| 2 | He s on loan , how long for I do nt know . |
| 3 | Boro have recalled goalkeeper Ian Ironside from his month 's loan at Scarborough and he is on stand-by after keeper Stephen Pears picked up a cheek injury at Cambridge on Tuesday . |
| 4 | ALLAN BORDER returned to the Australian team in Melbourne earlier today knowing he is on probation for next summer 's Ashes series in England . |
| 5 | He has taken Serafin 's measure and knows that he is on top of the situation . |
| 6 | His best season so far came when he rode 28 winners , and with 22 to his credit already this term , he is on course to better that total . |
| 7 | As the youngest Prime Minister this century , he is on course to lead the Tories to an historic fourth term in power — something not achieved since the end of the Napoleonic wars . |
| 8 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 9 | He has backed himself at 16-1 to complete the marathon haul to Margate in 130 hours , and he is on course to win . |
| 10 | If it is true he is on £4,000-a-week and is asking for more , Brian Clough is right — as usual — to say ‘ no ’ . |
| 11 | Mr Gardner said the move could mean he is on call at night , but this and other issues still need to be sorted out . |
| 12 | He is on call round-the-clock in Minehead , Somerset , and does n't hesi-tate to turn out in the middle of the night if necessary . |
| 13 | He is on leave from his order , and currently works in London as a counsellor for people with AIDS . |
| 14 | There are several players who might deputise for Stewart when he is on England duty , with Monte Lynch and Keith Medlycott strong contenders . |
| 15 | His job is rated Grade B on the Civil Service Scale , so he is on £31,747 a year — a figure that has risen dramatically from the £21,000 he started on in February 1989 . |
| 16 | A Partner-in-Residence shared between Christian Aid Scotland and the Church of Scotland , he is on secondment from the Zimbabwe Council of Churches which he serves as Senior Development Officer . |
| 17 | He is on vacation in London with daughter Sally ( Thora Birch ) and wife Cathy — played by Anne Archer who seems increasingly typecast as the loyal spouse . |
| 18 | He is on record as saying , ‘ In thinking about how to be distinctive , where would you go for different talent ? ’ |
| 19 | His pedigree may be long , but nevertheless here he is on piano and electronic keyboards leading his own band for the first time on disc with the driving drums of Jeff ‘ Tain ’ Watts ( also of Branford Marsalis group fame ) , Branford himself on tenor sax , Roderick Ward ( alto sax ) , Charnett Moffett , Chris McBridge , Robert Hurst or Andy Gonzales ( all alternating on bass ) , Jerry Gonzales ( percussion ) and on one track Steve Berrios and on two Don Alias ( both on drums , percussion ) . |
| 20 | Billed as a Gerard Depardieu movie , he is on screen for no more than 20 minutes . |
| 21 | The actor may while he is on stage feel deeply , say , some of the emotional references listed by Marowitz , but Stanislavsky demands that they be simultaneously translated through technique into a form that touches an audience at its deepest level of feeling . |
| 22 | He is on fire with hunger , thought Grainne , her senses spinning . |
| 23 | He is on fire , and I believe we shall both drown in the heat , and I believe neither of us would care if we did … |
| 24 | How do think er Notts are gon na cope without him because it seems as though when he is on form , certainly when he 's at home , he finds scoring goals quite easy to come by ? |
| 25 | A further great grievance that exists in this force in the Division where I am is that the Section Sergeant dare not enter any Station while he is on duty unless he signs the main station book ; yet the plain clothes P.C.s and Detective Constables , and even uniform P.C.s can go into the Station as often as they think and there is no order that any of them must sign in and out . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend the Minister who is responsible for health in Northern Ireland is not able to be here today because he is on duty in the Province . |
| 27 | He commands 602 Fighter Squadron and he is on duty tonight , at RAF Turnhouse , near Edinburgh . |
| 28 | Again the story demands the coincidence that he is on hand , and can catch the question above the uproar . |
| 29 | He is on death row awaiting execution for a non-political murder . |
| 30 | He 's on probation for three years and he has to do 100 hours community service . |