Example sentences of "[be] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're on their way , all right , ’ Epitot confirmed . |
| 3 | ‘ Fingerprints and photography , they 're on their way ? ’ |
| 4 | They 're on their way home . |
| 5 | ‘ Call me when they 're on their way into Moscow . ’ |
| 6 | Er there 's some more over here , they 're on their way round . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ They 're on their way . ’ |
| 8 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 9 | They 're on their way with a warrant right now . |
| 10 | Erm which is n't any help at all , it shows the people they 're on their own anyway , cos you feel more lonely that way . |
| 11 | Tremendous noise now around Filbert Street as Leicester 's seventeen thousand crowd here believe they 're on their way to a very important victory over Nottingham Forest . |
| 12 | They 're on their way . ’ |
| 13 | But then they lapse back into the local way of speaking when they 're on their own . |
| 14 | There 's usually a heavy-metal band sitting in one comer , their van 's broken down , you see , and they 're on their way to an important gig . |
| 15 | But the cost of housing in the city means that it is beyond them , particularly if they 're on their own , young , single people . |
| 16 | ( WES AD LIB ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News , they 're on their way to Wembley . |
| 17 | Th they 're on their own . |
| 18 | They 're on their way out from Edinburgh now . |
| 19 | And I , I suspect that they 're on their way out because the way they leap and scream and bang and thump I should think that they , most of them have been on drugs . |
| 20 | They 've done and they 're on their second thing . |
| 21 | Oh they 're on their own . |
| 22 | They 're on their way squire ! |
| 23 | Yeah , well you 're on their way to the coast from West Riding , are n't you ? |
| 24 | oh course , aha , no , it 's , it 's not that bad going out with them they act a bit different , not much different , when they 're on their own yeah , cos Chris came to the cinema by himself with us , with me and Kate |
| 25 | ‘ Ye 're on yer daps , ’ the man shrugged again . |
| 26 | As much as they 're on his side however they say the honeymoon is coming to an end . |
| 27 | As long as he believes you 're on his side while he acts out his fantasy , he wo n't harm you . |
| 28 | He 's got to do something with us , we 're on his ration strength . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're on my land . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The Serious Crime Squad come down , and sometimes I 'm told when they 're on my patch , most times I 'm not , they keep the Manor House under observation , on and off , but they 've not picked up any scent of him . |