Example sentences of "that [pos pn] [noun sg] be on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did I mention , by the way , that my money was on the Croat to win the Men 's Singles ? |
| 2 | I saw that my house was on the worst side of the island . |
| 3 | I lose track of where I am and all I know is that my baby is on the other side of the world . |
| 4 | The other lure of Tuscany is that its history is on the surface . |
| 5 | Mira herself makes several appearances , both in the first and the third persons , before also discovering that her name is on the list as the delegate from Amalgamemnon , whereupon she too ‘ dies ’ . |
| 6 | It was this success story which prompted the Prime Minister 's Office to inform Laura that her name was on the forthcoming list of Queen 's Birthday Honours ; she was to be offered the OBE if this was ‘ agreeable ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |
| 8 | Large investments in Thailand by multinationals , and torrid family squabbles , suggested that their influence was on the wane . |
| 9 | FILM director Woody Allen 's young lover yesterday dismissed rumours that their affair was on the wane . |
| 10 | Both organisations have encouraged younger women to join them in the eighties and nineties and there is some indication that their membership is on the increase . |
| 11 | In the closing rounds Eubank , sensing that his title was on the line , dropped the facade of arrogance that had earlier been his hallmark . |
| 12 | He 'd explained that his sister was on the pumps at the Smiling Service Filling Station , even though it was Good Friday . |
| 13 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 14 | ‘ Supposing for instance someone came and said they were Mr Unwin , you would check that his name was on the list and let him in ? ’ |
| 15 | He says that his family was on the ferry , there but for the grace of God go his family . |
| 16 | Even so , an employee with a quick-moving and imaginative lawyer may occasionally be able to launch a surprisingly effective counterattack when he learns that his job is on the line . |