Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When officers arrived he had climbed into the back yard and the Volvo was seen to be on fire . |
| 2 | When officers arrived he had climbed into the back yard and the Volvo was seen to be on fire . |
| 3 | It was 17th October and Balliol was known to be on the move . |
| 4 | LATE summer sightseers flocking to the famous Antrim Coast Road are warned to be on the alert for stone-throwers . |
| 5 | Erm Dr Julia is going to be on sabbatical leave next term and would therefore like to give her lectures on Mill and utilitarianism erm this term so next week you will have Julia on Rousseau and immediately after that she 'll give her lectures on utilitarianism and Mill and I will then come after that and deal with socialism and Marx and all that really sexy stuff . |
| 6 | After suffering serious losses , Onoue was reported to be on the verge of bankruptcy with debts of 410,000 million yen . |
| 7 | FORMER Middlesbrough boss Bruce Rioch is understood to be on a shortlist of six for the manager 's job at Darlington . |
| 8 | Timisoara and Arad were reported to be on a general strike . |
| 9 | Between 10 and 7 BC , however , Quirinius was known to be on military service in the Syrian area , and so there is the possibility of him being involved in a previous census even though he was not the Governor at the time . |
| 10 | THE Beast of Exmoor is believed to be on the prowl again after a giant mystery cat terrified a family on a lonely road . |