Example sentences of "he [be] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been on any recent training courses to discuss this ? . |
| 2 | You will sit anxiously on an undersized chair at parents ' evening , asking a teacher whether the child 's reading is really up to scratch and should n't he be on Blue Book Three by now ? |
| 3 | Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman is right , and for once he is on all fours with British Rail . |
| 5 | But even during those few seconds when he is changing he is on one horse or the other . |
| 6 | " I know only what I 've been told — that he is on one of the ships , " she said unhappily . |
| 7 | He is on good terms with Bardul , who tactfully does n't refer to his being dead , and will brief the adventurers on this point . |
| 8 | He is on nine , which is n't bad at all , and his goal ratio since he first came into the side has been excellent . |
| 9 | On other days he is on body-washing duty and after a battle the bodies are not clean . |
| 10 | Perhaps his former master will allow him to continue to read his papers ; or he may be permitted to read the papers of another in his own chambers with whom he is on friendly terms . |
| 11 | He is on automatic pilot . |
| 12 | He is on regular medication for his fits . |
| 13 | He is on fine form this afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ Boggers ’ takes us for science and he is , by common agreement , a bit of a wimp — at least he is on some days . |
| 15 | He is on four-under 136 . |
| 16 | But last night one backbencher , Waveney MP David Porter , said : ‘ He is on extended probation . ’ |
| 17 | They 've taken a print of Hugo 's Amex , but I do n't somehow think he 's on good personal terms with them , and you know how tight everyone is on expenses , these days . ’ |
| 18 | No he 's not , he 's on two fifty . |
| 19 | He 's on borrowed time . |
| 20 | Well he 's on six lots is n't he ? |
| 21 | I think he 's on early . |
| 22 | ‘ No , he 's on one of the escort frigates . |
| 23 | He 's on that film . |
| 24 | Now that he 's on short time he 's doing more round the house . |
| 25 | ‘ Their manager Carl Harris used to play professional football in the South , and he 's on first-name terms with people at bigger clubs , which Northern clubs ca n't compete with , ’ he says . |
| 26 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 27 | He 's on active service ; he smells powder ; he 's going over the top for the baby . |
| 28 | So far , he 's on 36 for Liverpool and three for Chester in his early days . |
| 29 | His legs will probably fall off at some stupid rave if he 's not careful he 'll be dancing so much cos he 's on twenty thousand and his bloody legs 'll fall off . |
| 30 | Well she 'd been waiting because he 's on full time again now |