Example sentences of "could be on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 2 | ‘ She could be on leave , ’ he suggested evasively . |
| 3 | That could be on cricket administration 's conscience for years to come . ’ |
| 4 | I could be on drugs , I could be a monk . |
| 5 | ‘ You could be on th'devil'sh businesh , for ought we care , ’ he slurred . |
| 6 | The jobless executives could be on hire for as little as £50 a week to firms who may not otherwise be able to afford to devote full-time staff to improving the skills of the workforce . |
| 7 | In energy , as opposed to environmental , terms the most serious potential consequence of acid rain could be on coal as a power station fuel , a fact which led the IEA in a study published in November 1983 to recommend governments to increase basic research on acid rain pollution . |
| 8 | A nine month design study is now under way , and the station could be on line by 1986 . |