Example sentences of "be on [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , well you 're on their way to the coast from West Riding , are n't you ? |
| 2 | Miscount the stairs in the dark — crunch ; you 're on your ass in the cellar . |
| 3 | ‘ I object to the way you 've dressed like someone from the pages of a Dickensian workhouse and turned up with your belongings in carrier bags as if you 're on your way to the laundromat . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 're on our way to the mortuary ourselves , ’ Susan explained . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , ‘ we 're on our way to the Benson & Hedges match at Cardiff . ’ |
| 6 | Then he said , " As I think I 've mentioned to you before , Peter , it 's a good thing you 're on our side of the law . |
| 7 | Then I come in with my suitcase , and Matron thinks I 'm on my way to the airport . |
| 8 | Police yesterday urged women in Sussex to be on their guard as the man ‘ who wants to hurt women ’ may strike again . |
| 9 | Sussex police have warned other female students on the campus to be on their guard after the attack on Sunday . |
| 10 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 11 | Thanks to you , my daughter will be on her way to the dentist without me . ’ |
| 12 | She had read that to be an artist it was necessary to have known personal suffering , and , while she was rather sceptical of this idea , if there was any truth in it , then Faye ought to be on her way to the status of a Michelangelo . |
| 13 | A week of planning , programming , reading up on your research , wondering whether the major American movie star will show up and if so , will she be on her knees in the make-up room snorting Yardley 's Luminescence powder up what 's left of her nose ? |
| 14 | Left undetected , the spots will expand to discs , then to coalesce , by which time , as a rule , the fungus will already be on its way down the leaf stalks and into the main stems . |
| 15 | If an egg has been discharged from the ovary during the last few days it will now be on its way through the tubes . |
| 16 | MORE than £100 million of European aid could be on its way to the Highlands and Islands following a European Commission recommendation yesterday that the region should get top priority in EC regional spending plans . |
| 17 | The internal phone system springs into life and the moves are analysed or colleagues contacted to speculate on who has ‘ blotted his copy book ’ , or who seems to be on his way up the hierarchical tree in the mad scramble for position and preference . |
| 18 | But they made it clear they hoped he would soon be on his way to the United States . |
| 19 | Kennedy was through White balked him without question a yard outside the area and Derek White who was booked only moments ago I 'm sure could be on his way to the dressing room early . |
| 20 | He 'd probably be on his way across the Channel now and waiting outside her flat just as she got home from work . |
| 21 | And , equally clearly , Ralf was only too anxious to be on his way before the hostilities he had interrupted broke out again . |
| 22 | The foregoing chapters bring the story to that crucial time in the long history of earthly life when emerging man would find himself unwilling to accept that he must for ever be on his guard against the uncontrolled violence that ruled the evolutionary scene . |
| 23 | We 'll have to be on our mettle from the start . ’ |
| 24 | " If you do n't want me any longer I ought to be on my way to the hospital . |
| 25 | I would be on my bike for the rest of my life , stuck on the stopping train to nowhere . |
| 26 | c ) Be on your guard against the possibility of disorientation and try to avoid situations which are likely to produce difficulties . |
| 27 | Once every eight weeks the card 'll be on your door for the Big Turn and you pay me to scrub the close . |
| 28 | If it goes well , we 'll be on your island by the end of next week . |
| 29 | A TEAM of Darlington schoolgirls are on their way to the national finals of a public speaking competition . |
| 30 | Do n't be fooled if you are on my side of the generation gap . |