Example sentences of "[be] on [pron] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tell him I 'm on my way to see him . ’ |
| 2 | Whoever it was might just break in and , if they did , she wanted to be on her feet to face them . |
| 3 | My grown-up children are on their way to see me , and in order to do so are having to travel a two-hour journey on the motorway . |
| 4 | Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her . |
| 5 | really been on their wall have we ? |
| 6 | However , they were unaware that Lewes 's party who were on their way to pick them up had been attacked , and there was confusion about the actual rendezvous point . |
| 7 | She smiled at him , and the others , and as the waiter appeared at her side with her coffee she was amused to see the speed at which twenty men were on their feet offering her a chair . |
| 8 | If she asks what that is on my chest say it 's a volume thing like a rad say it 's , it 's a radio . |
| 9 | The Labour leader is on his way to launch his party 's manifesto for London , ‘ A World Class Capital ’ . |
| 10 | A taxi was on its way to take her home . |
| 11 | He had way-laid Sara in the cobbled yard of the coach house when she was on her way to collect her car to do some shopping . |
| 12 | Mrs Olwyn Jones , 61 , was on her way to visit her daughter in Walsall , West Midlands , when the stolen Austin Maestro crashed into her three-wheel carriage . |
| 13 | The pistol was still in the bucket , covered with muck and mess , and she was on her way to put it under the tap . |
| 14 | Her flight would have convinced him that she was on her way to betray him and who knew what it would enter his confused mind to do to her ? |
| 15 | It was clear that he did this every day , and Meredith could imagine what a shock her letter would have been when he 'd thought that Antonio 's son was on his way to claim his inheritance . |
| 16 | Lance , 23 , was on his way to visit his brother Mark in one of the tower blocks when the jumbo jet fell out of the sky . |
| 17 | Nigel accompanied her , as he was on his way to see his mother . |
| 18 | Monsieur was on his way to see his lady-love and she was alone , but she had been in somebody 's arms . |
| 19 | He 'd been to see his girlfriend in Southampton and was on his way to see his parents in Sheffield . |
| 20 | Whitlock had come up with something a lot more constructive and was on his way to verify its authenticity . |
| 21 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 22 | Some of the theories would have made Balzac blush , but they finally decided I 'd been sleeping with Laura , her husband had beaten me up in a dark alley , and now I was on my way to kill him . |
| 23 | I was on my way to see her . ’ |
| 24 | Cos I 've already sussed Jim out anyway cos he said it was on my contract saying I had to do the four hours . |
| 25 | She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her . |