Example sentences of "he [is] on " 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 | He is on his own and definitely talking aloud to himself in the privacy of his room . |
| 4 | After that he is on his own . |
| 5 | He is on the brink of breakdown , sobbing and incoherent . ’ |
| 6 | He is on an unstable pedestal : considered too powerful because the Fed is too independent , a position fiercely guarded by its chairmen . |
| 7 | He is on death row awaiting execution for a non-political murder . |
| 8 | He is on my short list as a possible Grand National winner . |
| 9 | He is on the board of a number of City companies , and is a former Master of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers . |
| 10 | Past Glories suggested he is on the way back when third to Kribensis in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle , while Floyd is not quite up to it in the highest class these days . |
| 11 | Tiny Rowland may have become a bore with his obsession over DTI 's failure to publish the report on the House of Fraser — but on this occasion he is on the side of the Gods . |
| 12 | I enabled him to free the angel and the demon that he is on the inside . |
| 13 | It does not do him justice to say he is on their side , but he leaves us in no doubt about the horror of what Jacob and Rebekah have done . |
| 14 | Again the story demands the coincidence that he is on hand , and can catch the question above the uproar . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Now , six months later , he is on the verge of being capped for New Zealand . |
| 17 | There are several players who might deputise for Stewart when he is on England duty , with Monte Lynch and Keith Medlycott strong contenders . |
| 18 | ‘ I will not accept it until he is on a mortuary slab . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He is on the lookout for cars — smart , chauffeur-driven cars . |
| 21 | He is very easy-going but he wo n't take any messing once he is on the pitch . |
| 22 | SCOTTISH Ambulance Service fleet manager Ed Hodson believes he is on the way to knocking £1 million a year off fuel bills by gradually switching totally to diesel . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The parable is as follows : In an occupied country during wartime , a member of the resistance meets a stranger who deeply impresses him , and who assures him that he is on the side of the resistance . |
| 26 | He is on record as saying , ‘ In thinking about how to be distinctive , where would you go for different talent ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is generally supposed that this is because he is on his death-bed , and his gift of making conversation has already ebbed away . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | He is on the other side sitting on the end of the log . ’ |