Example sentences of "[be] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to hear why you 're on the run . |
| 2 | ‘ Very well , but how does he contact you if you 're on the run ? ’ |
| 3 | Now you 're on the run from the Army at the moment ? |
| 4 | I was going to say , I have no idea , unless there 's , if they 're on the agenda , I 'll pick them up and see , if there 's anything else , you 'll have tell me about it I 'm afraid , chair . |
| 5 | So the next time I thought , No madam you 're on the settee on your changing mat , and er I 've got you . |
| 6 | If you 're on the premises today , you 're coming , Security has its orders , on all the gates . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're on the skyline . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They 're on the creel . ’ |
| 9 | I 've yet to see a lovable moptop Inspiral Carpet in the flesh , but obviously they 're on the verge of making it here when they 're staying in the same hotel as Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're on the verge of losing it anyway unless you start coming up with some answers . ’ |
| 11 | Okay so we are , w w we 're now in a position of , certainly by nineteen forty nine we 're , we 're on the verge of power , we want l we , land reform is not taking place any more , there are still some areas in the north it has n't taken place out in the far north west it has n't taken place , so we , we , we are going to need a new land reform document based on all the experience we 've got which will carry us through and , and it 's really that land reform document , document that we are going to implement for the whole of China , and it 's going to be that document which really is going to abolish feudalism and create some sort of equality . |
| 12 | Now they hope they 're on the verge of finally finding out what happened to her . |
| 13 | We 're on the goal trail tonight … with the big guns of the first division … |
| 14 | And I think they have a tremendous contribution to make , and I think what we ought to be doing with er people who retire , it 's not to say the end of their working life , and therefore they 're on the scrap heap , but that it 's a new stage in life and we ought to honour them and respect them and I think , give them some er affirm where they 're at , and use them much more as the guardians of wisdom and the guardians of the stories of the community , and use them in that sort of way . |
| 15 | We 're on the trail of the Black Hairstreak . |
| 16 | you 're on the moon |
| 17 | ‘ He 'll still be your fiancé , whether you 're on the scene or not . |
| 18 | But it says , by law , if you 're on the scene they 're not allowed to clamp it 's , you know they 're supposed |
| 19 | If you 're on the equator of the earth , that means get twelve hours day time twelve hours night time . |
| 20 | He said this week : ‘ If we do n't get grants for this work we 're on the dole . |
| 21 | 'Cos you 're on the dole , as soon as your money comes — I mean you 're prayin' for your money to come — as soon as it comes it goes . |
| 22 | ‘ If not it 's just another hassle you face if you 're on the dole . ’ |
| 23 | and er , he 's been on the dole admittedly he did go on the dole If you 're on the dole for part of the year , your own salary is do they add your dole money to the salary , charge you tax on that , |
| 24 | I mean if you 've got your house on a mortgage and you 're on the dole , takes all your money too ! |
| 25 | I hope you have n't put you 're on the dole on there and drawing money for this ! |
| 26 | You 're on the air John . |
| 27 | You 're on the air yeah . |
| 28 | Yeah we 're on the air how you doing ? |
| 29 | And it 's Richard at Radio Nottingham and you 're on the air at the moment , this is your wake-up call . |
| 30 | I think Oxfordshire 's a brilliant place , and I 'm not just saying that because we 're on the air . |