Example sentences of "[be] on [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 4 | you are on to a good thing , you 'll end up with knitteds that suit you because they fit . |
| 5 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 6 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 7 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 8 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 9 | Judging by the trade and the spirited bidding , Scotland 's hill farmers now know that they are on to a good thing . |
| 10 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 11 | No we 're not putting any more films on Aaron cartoons are on in a minute |
| 12 | ‘ You 're on for a fiver . ’ |
| 13 | That Regina fee is just a blip — we 're on to a £500,000 success fee from Barton , and we 'll get that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And you 're on to a winner with the poll tax , paying the same as us . ’ |
| 15 | But when you need them , you are out of practice with drawing them forth so , by the time you 've got practised , you 're on to a new set of thoughts which needs a different extraction technique — which has to be practised ! |
| 16 | Costs are well down and will continue to fall and I 'm more confident than ever that we 're on to a winner . |
| 17 | Right , well we 're on to a we 're on to a new er a new era , a different erm different angle . |
| 18 | Right , well we 're on to a we 're on to a new er a new era , a different erm different angle . |
| 19 | The company seems to be on to a winner — at least in theory . |
| 20 | MIX and Max with Mel and you could be on to a video winner as we give away more than £2,500worth of Gibson tapes . |
| 21 | But , he argued , the Bank would be on to a winner once it started collecting , and selling , 12 tonnes of paper per week . |
| 22 | You sure seem to be on to a good thing with this Walter Machin [ the letter said ] . |
| 23 | They felt they might be on to a good thing . |
| 24 | Black jeans and white cords , we 'll see if you 're right , it 's gon na be on in a minute . |
| 25 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 26 | It 'll be on in a bit , Col. |
| 27 | Oh it 'll be on in a minute Sue . |
| 28 | Eventually , the management decided they were on to a loser , and the matter was allowed to sink into history . |
| 29 | The trick of public relations , Branson discovered , was not to pretend to be something you were not , but simply to project what you were on to a larger canvas . |
| 30 | Now er I could make a point here that when they introduced one man operated buses , they thought they were on to a new thing but one man operated buses were in this town before the war . |