Example sentences of "[pron] be a [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am a reporter on the City Press . ’ |
| 2 | I am a fly on the face of the Almighty , crawling over the surface to see what 's what . |
| 3 | His text was Psalm 119 , verse 19- ‘ I am a stranger on the earth , hide not Thy commandments from me ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I am a journalist on the City Press . |
| 5 | I am an artist on the verge of becoming professional and I am seriously considering investing in an airbrush kit . |
| 6 | I should point out that nothing in this book should be construed as implying that I am an authority on the caves and potholes I mention . |
| 7 | Now you 're you 're welcome to register a complaint yourself but I , I 'm a representative on the Board of Governors , the Academic Board Committee etcetera etcetera so I can get these points right up where they belong . |
| 8 | I suppose I was a bit on the short side early on in secondary school . |
| 9 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 10 | During the 1967 San Francisco Film Festival , Crawford met Gene Kelly , the song-and-dance maestro who had himself been a hit on the Broadway stage before starring in film musicals such as Singing In the Rain . |
| 11 | our love which is a proverb on the block , |
| 12 | The services should not operate under the present system , which is a blight on the industry . |
| 13 | Many computers have an instruction which is a variation on the operation of scanning the bit positions of a computer word . |
| 14 | The Proof may be either a simple Proof on the facts or a Proof before Answer which is a Proof on the facts with questions of relevancy reserved until after the evidence has been heard . |
| 15 | ‘ Naturally , we are very disappointed that this project has been deferred , which is a reflection on the current economic situation , ’ said Russell Harvey , director of operations at LASMO North Sea . |
| 16 | We also received a visit from a number of members of the Australian Bar , one of the highlights of which was a debate on the retention or abolition of wigs and gowns , which was conducted by videolink with Australia . |
| 17 | Provoked by a sermon issued in January 1793 entitled The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both Rich and Poor , which was an attack on the French Revolution by Richard Watson , Bishop of Llandaff , Wordsworth countered with A Letter to the Bishop of Llandaff on the Extraordinary Avowal of his Political Principles … by A Republican . |
| 18 | ‘ You are a skid-mark on the lavatory bowl of life . |
| 19 | The idea that we might feel , that we might be angry , that we might care , that we might even have what are disparagingly known as ‘ gut feelings ’ rather than hard scientific evidence , is held to be something of a problem if you are an environmentalist on the road to success . |
| 20 | And if you 're a policeman on the beat , with an eye on promotion , what easier way to keep your arrest rate up than to go out and pull in some black kids off the street . |
| 21 | You 're a Councillor on the County . |
| 22 | You 're a nympho on the quiet are n't you really ? |
| 23 | ‘ You 're a blister on the behind , Curtius , ’ Mrs ze Schluderpacheru shouted , ‘ leave him alone or you 're barred for life . ’ |
| 24 | She 's a danger on the roads . |
| 25 | Former Macci pupils include Tommy Ho , who turned pro three years ago at the age of 15 , and Will Bull , the National Boys 18 runner-up in 1990 who is a rookie on the tour . |
| 26 | In addition to the general responsibilities of directors , the FSA confers responsibility for listing particulars and prospectuses on each person who is a director on the date the listing particulars are submitted to the Stock Exchange or issued . |
| 27 | The finale itself is a bit on the slow side , increasingly so during the coda . |
| 28 | I was too scared to speak to her because she was a bit on the large side and had a pair of glasses sitting on the tip of her nose and she struck me as a very bossy , short tempered teacher . |
| 29 | Jolande , who met Lyle when she was a masseuse on the European circuit , underwent surgery last May to improve the chances of the couple having children . |
| 30 | ( 14 ) Section 104 of CA 1985 requires certain conditions to be met ( including an independent valuation and approval by an ordinary resolution of the company ) before a public company ( formed as such ) can ( within two years of its being issued with a certificate entitling it to do business under CA 1985 , s117 ) enter into an agreement to acquire a non-cash asset ( eg shares in the target ) from a subscriber to its memorandum of association which is equal in value to one-tenth or more of the company 's nominal share capital issued at the time or before a company is re-registered as a public company can ( within two years of the date of re-registration ) enter into such an agreement with a person who was a member on the date of re-registration . |