Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And once I got my A.S.O. I 'd be on a scientific grade and could work myself up . |
| 2 | Yeah because Jenny might , she might be on a late . |
| 3 | If he was n't there then I would say that you you 'd be on a sticky wicket , because most terms of employment say that if you er have a driving licence and you lose it then your employment will automatically finish . |
| 4 | you could be on a rough patch or bumpy patch whatever yes yes |
| 5 | If we go for a single currency because we wish to protect , above all , the position of the City of London — still the premier financial centre of Europe — and if we also concede ground on foreign policy , in terms of majority decision making , and on defence policy by creating effectively a defence community , and if we allow the Commission to issue visitors ' visas , we shall be on a slippery slope . |
| 6 | If an abstract is included , it may be on a separate loose sheet and can be used to give in some detail the contents and argument of the report to those who do not require to read the whole text . |
| 7 | It may be on a one-to-one basis or with a couple where one partner has impaired hearing . |
| 8 | I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’ |
| 9 | When Nenna was not in the witness box , she sometimes saw herself getting ready for an inspection at which Edward , or Edward 's mother , or some power superior to either , gave warning that they might appear — she could only hope that it would be on a falling tide — to see where she could be found wanting . |
| 10 | Such a company will employ many skills associated with EP ( integrating text and image , generating high-quality and low-quality frames from the same image , scaling , etc. ) but it will be on a tight budget . |
| 11 | In the current discussions with Stevie as to how much of that vintage stuff will be on the CD , if we reach a balance and I do n't think there 's enough , hopefully it will be on an additional CD somewhere down the line . |