Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] to [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 2 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 3 | Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away . |
| 4 | What they did at a branch on our district erm , again it was just like set up , people were given specific tasks , but at the end of the three month cycle , they 'd change some people , er , those people 's tasks so that they , so they would n't get stagnant , and plus , if one person was off , if you happened to be on holiday , you 've got somebody else that can do the job at the standard and not let the standard fall . |
| 5 | If you want to be on the register and are aged between 18 and 40 , and weigh at least 8 stone , you can write to : The Donor Department |
| 6 | If you are dieting in the long term , you may need to take multi-vitamin/multi-mineral supplement ( e.g. Diet Balance ) — if you need to be on a weight-loss programme for more than 10 weeks , or if you have to rely on prepared reduced-calorie meals , and especially if you have any of the signs of vitamin or mineral deficiency . |
| 7 | Er if they wanted to be on their roller skates or even on their bikes , then they were sort of going around the walkways . |
| 8 | If they want to be on their own , they could go book a chalet down on beach . |
| 9 | Long acquaintance with the clergy had convinced him that priests could not tell one layman from the next if they happened to be on their own administrative staff . |
| 10 | The optimistic , structuring of an art form until it appears to be on tiptoe in defiance and compliance with gravity … or whatever the dominant forcefield may be . |
| 11 | This wo n't be any good for the official one cos it has to be on an original form |
| 12 | ‘ So if anyone wants to be on television in America , they 'd better be at my party . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work . |
| 14 | and they 'll get very worried , and it 's quite a difficult area because you have to be on the look out for something that 's not right , but you do n't want people to get er very worried because those feet are going to be very mobile and doing non walking thing until the child walks , they 're also very fat and podgy are n't they little babies ' feet ? |
| 15 | You , you do n't marry someone because you want to be on your own , you marry someone because you want to be together . |
| 16 | They 're under a lot of pressure because they have to be on air 24 hours . |
| 17 | The finance minister , Mr Tatsuo Murayama , did not go to the G-1 meeting in Washington last week because he needed to be on hand in Tokyo in case the scandal blew up . |
| 18 | It was irksome being trapped in my body as I wanted to be on the roof , in the rose bower , by the lake , in the woods , on the hills and in the valley simultaneously . |
| 19 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |
| 20 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 21 | ‘ This historic loco is just the attraction and boost we need in a recession , and I 'm confident it 'll be just as popular with the public in Devon as it proved to be on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall . ’ |
| 22 | The whole clause is not qualified , as it appears to be on first reading , by the opening words ‘ with intent . ’ |