Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone on the audition panel is prepared to be on your side and supportive . |
| 2 | In fact on balance she thought it might be very interesting to be on the spot when the cars were tested for real instead of waiting in the laboratory for the print-outs and reports from whichever of the team was out there . |
| 3 | Secretly Leonora was relieved to be on her own . |
| 4 | Despite the essential superficiality of much of this contact , the traditional empathy between the nations has assisted the Japanese to be on good terms with a regime whose political ideology is the antithesis of their own . |
| 5 | Yes , it 's sad to be on the point of reaching the summit . ’ |
| 6 | We were delighted to be on land again , and while the men looked for a river or a lake , I walked for about a kilometre away from the beach . |
| 7 | ROB and Ali Campbell of UB40 , the band who call themselves after an unemployment relief form , are delighted to be on their way back to Belfast . |
| 8 | The Teesside band are delighted to be on the Mark Goodier show on Wednesday night at the Middlesbrough Arena . |
| 9 | seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time . |
| 10 | Now there is no knowing when you may be needed and not everyone finds it easy to be on hand to talk or listen when required . |
| 11 | I was content to be on my own , glad that I should have no need to accommodate myself to a fellow-countryman , that any decisions in the days ahead would be entirely mine . |
| 12 | He opened the door of the basket and Endill climbed out shaking , but glad to be on solid ground . |
| 13 | The miming aspect of it was a drag but I was really glad to be on there to dispense with all those horrid people . |
| 14 | I was glad to be on the bus and not alongside it . |
| 15 | You have to code the numbers of the athletes and they are supposed to be on the inside so you ca n't read them , but they were outside so you could — you could see which one was from Krabbe , Breuer and Moller . |
| 16 | Yesterday Mr David Moores , the club 's chairman and a close friend , said : ‘ He is such a fitness fanatic that last year , when he was supposed to be on five days ’ holiday at my house , he was on my front lawn every morning doing exercises ’ . |
| 17 | I ca n't see them involved in killing an Englishman ; they 're supposed to be on the same side . ’ |
| 18 | He was supposed to be on his beat twelve hours out of every twenty-four , one week by day , the next by night . |
| 19 | ‘ The cat is supposed to be on the broomstick , Mildred , ’ said Miss Hardbroom wearily . |
| 20 | This was not altogether an exaggeration as he had lost much of his stomach in his operation and was supposed to be on a rigid diet . |
| 21 | Monty was supposed to be on the wagon and I certainly did n't see him drinking , until I discovered that every time he passed the bar he 'd pick up any bottle that was on the bar and drink it . |
| 22 | The general manager of HP 's Network and Systems Division Robert Hoog and SHL Systemhouse president John Altman are also supposed to be on hand along with a representation of X/Open whose systems management workgroup interestingly enough is now charged with determining COSE 's systems management technology ( UX No 431 ) . |
| 23 | The only problem was , they were supposed to be on piece work , and it meant working at the same pace . |
| 24 | There 's a night clerk supposed to be on duty . |
| 25 | You and Joey are supposed to be on the same team . |
| 26 | 4 The interview While you are having the conversation , concentrate : on what is being said on staying in role — being the person you are supposed to be on keeping your conversation realistic on not showing off |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm supposed to be on holiday . |
| 28 | The high level of crime and the resultant number of people in prison are due directly to the policies of the Government , which have created people who are greedy and selfish , a society where people are supposed to be on their own , a society which destroys the morale and the will of people who happen to be on benefits and on the poverty line . |
| 29 | I 've had stick like that at away games but never from so-called fans who are supposed to be on your side . |
| 30 | Killion should not have been flying ; he was supposed to be on reserve . |