Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | do n't know who 's on this week , the Baron Knights were on a fortnight ago were n't they ? |
| 2 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 3 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 4 | Did you know what was on this morning ? |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe she 'll meet someone else , ’ she floundered helplessly , realising she was on dangerous ground . |
| 6 | Read what 's on this afternoon . |
| 7 | ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’ |
| 8 | You know who was on that story ? |
| 9 | With John Ingram we are on firmer ground . |
| 10 | Guess who 's on first call tomorrow ? |
| 11 | According to Berkeley Systems Design International 's Peter Collinson , based at the company 's Canterbury , Kent subsidiary in the UK , BSDI ‘ are relying on the Berkeley statement ’ that there is no AT&T code within BSD Networking Release 2 , the basis of its BSD/386 product ( UX No 370 ) , and as such they feel they are on solid ground ( see front page ) . |
| 12 | I believe it was on this ride that I sensed something I had not felt since the time I took my French classes in London : a sort of exhilarating separateness . |
| 13 | they 're always keen doing What 's on this afternoon ? |
| 14 | Second , that any official who ignores them is on dangerous ground . |
| 15 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’ |
| 17 | It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned . |
| 18 | Claudia Yeo was feeling sick , but knew she was on secure ground . |
| 19 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 20 | ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’ |
| 21 | For past all doubt he was on that path , he did find the poor soul dead , he did run to the castle , like an honest man , and tell the sheriff what he had found . |
| 22 | I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try . |
| 23 | He thought he was on safe ground with lavatories , but they were bored . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think he 's on this wavelength , ’ she said , ‘ I had thought of having a holiday in one of the Martello towers if I do n't see him soon . ’ |
| 25 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 26 | I still think she 's on this floor . |
| 27 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 28 | Most people are nicer than you think they are on first acquaintance . |
| 29 | As she said , everyone else seemed to think they were on Candid Camera ) . |
| 30 | But even during those few seconds when he is changing he is on one horse or the other . |