Example sentences of "be [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut . |
| 2 | Hunt had recently been down on his luck and one day , whilst trying to interest publishers in his drawings , had been walking the streets with a portfolio under his arm when a taxi drew up with Francis Bacon inside . |
| 3 | When Conchis had said that he 'd been down on Moutsa the week before , it had been this one fact , the sweet womanish perfume , that had puzzled me . |
| 4 | Hereford have been down on their luck . |
| 5 | → Sorry to have forgotten about the Pacifica , Graham — although , come to think of it , Charvel/Jackson might also have been in on the act back in the mid-eighties . |
| 6 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 7 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ That means Goering must have been in on it ? |
| 9 | Well it 'll been in on the table . |
| 10 | I 've never been in on a Friday afternoon because erm |
| 11 | Almost a third of group profits are earned overseas , interest and tax charges are down on last year and gearing stands at 13 per cent . |
| 12 | WHAT do post-Empire Maharajahs do when they are down on their luck after a lifetime of strutting around India showing off their public school educations ? |
| 13 | IF charities are concerned because sales of their Christmas cards are down on previous years , they have only themselves to blame . |
| 14 | Examples of this are when we are down on our luck , have no money , are sick , misunderstood , in a corner or just feeling old . |
| 15 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 16 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 17 | They will point out , as you yourself have done recently , that despite the Boro 's Fortress Ayresome performances , attendances are down on last year hovering around the 15,000 mark . |
| 18 | Even car towaways are in on the act . |
| 19 | For slip stitch the main carriage is set to slip so the cam lever is on S on Silver and Knitmaster machines , both Part buttons are in on Brother and the selection lever or dial is set to the central empty position on the Toyota models 901 and 950 . |
| 20 | A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid . |
| 21 | The western American states are in on the act , too — Oregon , California and Alaska are growing at seven per cent — twice the rate of the remainder of the country . |
| 22 | We plod along for two or three decades with the occasional recording of individual sonatas and then along comes a centenary year and all and sundry are in on the act at the same time . |
| 23 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 24 | You are in on the ground floor of something very , very exciting ! ’ |
| 25 | Now the Chinese are in on the act : The Nanchang company are exporting their mopeds and motorbikes to Britain . |
| 26 | Home owners will be notified which bracket they are in on December 2 . |
| 27 | The Portuguese , Greek and Italians are in on the same thing too . |
| 28 | Ruth stared down at it and wondered why she had bought it and thought it was probably because it contrasted so sharply with what she had been through on this trip . |
| 29 | Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals . |
| 30 | Meantime , of course , we 're down on boarders as a result . ’ |