Example sentences of "you [verb] [be] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he said in all that , we got two he said the other one cut itself badly this morning on er a piece of glass obvious he said managed to come back to me you know being on a lead all his leg was cut so he sort of been down to the vet and had two stitches |
| 2 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 3 | You say that the footprints you saw were on the path and not on the grass ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been on the run before ? ’ |
| 5 | You 'd likely have been sorry if you had n't , 'cos you 've been on the verge of snapping . |
| 6 | You know , it probably sounds weird , but after you 've been on the road all that time , you kind of forget whether you 're any good or not . |
| 7 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |
| 8 | mhm When you first started , though , Eva Barnes , you 're the deputy leader of the Labour group now , you 've been on the Council for how long ? |
| 9 | ‘ And you 've been on the go , no doubt , ever since . ’ |
| 10 | You 've been on the swing ? |
| 11 | You 've been on the move again , have n't you . |
| 12 | I 'll tell the tax people about how you 've been on the fiddle all these years over your freelance earnings and I 've got those photos of you . |
| 13 | er You 've been on the picket line for ten months now , Anna , er how is the mood going , 'cos it 's a very , very long time ? |
| 14 | ‘ You 've been on the radio again . ’ |
| 15 | to my son , You have been on the phone again . |