Example sentences of "[prep] be on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All other claimants under pensionable age — except the unemployed — qualified for the long-term rate after being on benefit for a year . |
| 2 | T. D. After being on morning duty [ 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. ] , we had to parade at 2.20 p.m. at Sefton Park . |
| 3 | He was jailed for life for murdering 23-year-old Anna McGurk two weeks after being on bail charged with rape . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ Look , you know I 've just come out of Holloway after being on remand . ’ |
| 5 | I must of been on holiday or something , cos tha , that 's the only reason I would n't of gone , if I , if I was n't in the country . |
| 6 | Oh I must of been on holiday dad , with the girls or something . |
| 7 | no , it were n't , should n't of been on fire , but it should of been warmish |
| 8 | well it might of been on Radio Times , but |
| 9 | ‘ HE WHO is tired of London is tired of being on Top Of The Pops , ’ said Dr Johnson , following a gig with Boswell . |
| 10 | It 's of being on red . |
| 11 | Er and I remember er er a a very vivid occasion of being on Road , which is close by the er Hucknall Colliery about three o'clock time , when er a couple of these er er people were being escorted back towards the centre of the town , after they 'd done er a day 's work and there were lots and lots of er er er people about , men and women , who were shouting and jeering , at er at er at these at these people , who had been er who had er er violated the union decision and gone to work . |
| 12 | To this end they have collectively built up an enormous fund of local knowledge and experience , not just of the water and its peculiar hydrodynamics but also the sides of the gorge as well , things like the best portage routes , where to escape out of the gorge in an emergency , where and how close you can get with transport , nearest telephone , helicopter landing sites , etc , a sad spinoff of being on call for river search duties in the event of tragic emergency . |
| 13 | If well organised , workfare might provide these needs , although the social status of being on workfare would probably be as bad as , if not worse than , that of being unemployed . |
| 14 | One of the delights of being on holiday is not having to look at the clock . |
| 15 | Computers bring the ship 's equipment to life and videos help to complete the sensation of being on board . |
| 16 | And what 's the use of being on observation when you ca n't observe anything ? |
| 17 | ‘ The general feeling of being on cloud nine once I had completed it has lasted , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY , ‘ and has provided a very welcome psychological boost . ’ |
| 18 | The unpredictability of being on duty , the anxiety arising out of being unsure whether anything substantial is going to happen and being in a constant state of readiness in case it does , is one of the stresses associated with duty periods and referral and investigative work generally . |
| 19 | Colchester GP Nick Dixon said a continuing increase in daytime work was making the responsibility of being on duty at night more of a strain . |
| 20 | I was lucky , because instead of being on house assessment I was called and told I was going to be on the works party next day , only my second day at Styal . |
| 21 | It 's hard not to wish I was thinner again , hard not to long to be invisible , to escape all their gibes , and comments and the feeling of being on display . |
| 22 | Despite being on stage for an all-too-brief twenty-five minutes , Mick proved that he has in no way lost touch with his roots and years of playing to huge , stadium-sized audiences has not impaired his ability to communicate with a comparatively ‘ small ’ crowd . |
| 23 | Three of these had recurrence of their disease despite being on exclusion diet ( milk , peanuts , and plums ) and rechallenge was inappropriate . |
| 24 | I said , ‘ This is very good , but the performance you are talking of is on film . |
| 25 | It is perhaps like being on top of a big wave in a canoe or on a surfboard , but to try to describe it is to fail . |
| 26 | Well what was it like being on Top of the Pops surrounded by |
| 27 | ‘ It 's like being on school trips when someone 's in charge and the challenge is to dodge them , ’ guffaws Paul . |
| 28 | It 's like being on holiday . ’ |
| 29 | Like being on holiday , is n't it ? |
| 30 | It 's not like being on shore where once the patients are gone you shut up shop and go home . |