Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current refinements , no doubt with Christmas present buying in mind , include boxed sets of three or more related cassettes from Warners — for example , all three of James Dean 's movies for £29.95 , or for the same price , Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl , The Misfits and ( a bit of a scoop , since it has not been on video before ) Some Like It Hot . |
| 2 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 3 | There , the emphasis to date has not been on regulation per se , but on building a culture sensitive to the management of conflicts of interest . |
| 4 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 5 | He had not been on duty on the afternoon of the shooting or responsible for any of the aftermath investigations . |
| 6 | ‘ No , just a friend , ’ I said too quickly , before I realized that she had almost certainly not been on duty when Sal was brought in . |
| 7 | ‘ My mind has not been on dust , Emilia . ’ |
| 8 | If they were that common they would not be on page one of the paper . |
| 9 | Remember the special bargains will not be on offer for very long . |
| 10 | It was Balvinder Singh who one day in late January suddenly announced , quite unprompted , that he would not be on duty on Sunday as he and his father Punjab Singh were going to watch what he called a ‘ bird challenge ’ . |
| 11 | Inmates would not be on view . |
| 12 | Their new gas plants will not be on stream for several years ; they need a secure , well-priced coal contract for a long time to come . |
| 13 | However , the accent should not be on censorship or prescription , but on the encouragement of an enlightened attitude to the treatment of race and sex in books . |
| 14 | Niki was ever a patient , careful driver and not being on pole never bothered him , because what mattered was the race . |
| 15 | On the whole , academics will trade time for quality , although sometimes no doubt they use quality as an excuse for not being on time . |
| 16 | She experienced changeable moods and panic attacks — she had n't been on holiday for 20 years and could n't even go out to dinner for fear of not being able to get away . |
| 17 | ‘ He was a devoted husband and had n't been on holiday for two years , ’ said son Liam , of Oundle , Northants . |
| 18 | Probably they had n't been on stage more than half a dozen times before they were put under this microscope . |
| 19 | Denis , who has n't been on stage for decades , has n't a nerve in his body . |
| 20 | The sarcophagus , they told me , is not one of the Museum 's more interesting possessions , and has n't been on display since 1904 . |
| 21 | If he had n't been on duty he would have been there . |
| 22 | David had n't been on duty at the factory that afternoon and Rachel had wondered if he would suggest picking her up from her flat and taking her to the hospital , but he had n't , and his failure to do so only emphasised the coolness that was rapidly growing between them . |
| 23 | It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’ |
| 24 | Whatever the weather , when Rosemary gets back home she wo n't be on land for long at the end of the month she 's off doing her first stint at white water rafting ! |
| 25 | Well it would n't be on word processor . |
| 26 | You ca n't be on holiday . |
| 27 | No she ca n't be on holiday all that length of time . |
| 28 | No ca n't be on yellow can it ? |
| 29 | but then her excuse would be but I mean he ca n't be on shift |
| 30 | The police say it should n't be on sale . |