Example sentences of "[adv] he be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he was on his feet , grabbing at her sleeve . |
| 2 | Yeah it 's a I would guess that this er we you know , when they come down and the strips and they go back up again , it looks as if perhaps that 's what 's happened here because the the rope has sort of got this twist in it and one imagines that when they jump down it 's not quite er er right and so perhaps he 's on his way back up again . |
| 3 | That summer Lewis thought perhaps he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 4 | Perhaps he was on leave or off sick . ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps he was on the point of leaving but the fracas caused by Waldegrave 's death prevented him . ’ |
| 6 | No O K. So he 's on his own in the room at night , erm and what do you think is outside the window ? |
| 7 | cos he comes back next Friday and we 're on lates so he 's on earlies so |
| 8 | he 's started so he 's on top . |
| 9 | So he 's on the life support right to the end |
| 10 | The moment she did so he was on her , grabbing her by the arm , so that the tray shook violently in her slippery hands , trying to drag her to the clock as he screamed , ‘ Look ! |
| 11 | Meanwhile he 's on the lookout for another job . |
| 12 | Nigel Mansell had for years been saying : ‘ Just go out and win ! ’ , and finally he was on the point of doing precisely that . |
| 13 | Occasionally he brought Hassan or a new found friend with him but usually he was on his own , relishing being ‘ at home ’ . |
| 14 | Yesterday he was on an official visit home . |
| 15 | Hopefully he 's on his way . ’ |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman is right , and for once he is on all fours with British Rail . |
| 17 | And once he was on stage , no one could make him do what he did not want to do . |
| 18 | At once he was on Burun . |
| 19 | Her exclamation of pain reached Fen 's ears , and at once he was on his feet , striding towards her . |
| 20 | But two days later he was on duty , coloured bright orange from iodine on cuts and bruises got at the elections which he had attended in the Jlulat interest . |
| 21 | Sixty seconds later he was on the pavement of Lombard Street . |
| 22 | Seconds later he was on the phone again , bulling into the next prospect . |
| 23 | I took this threat rather lightly and for good reason , because some fifteen minutes later he was on the telephone to me talking about a completely different matter , as though the previous conversation had never taken place . |
| 24 | A quarter of an hour after starting he was bypassing Canterbury and six minutes later he was on the M2 , leaving a long plume of spray behind him . |
| 25 | Also he 's on the run and he 's scared and he looks like hell . ’ |
| 26 | Clearly he was on his way up economically . |
| 27 | Instantly he was on his guard . |
| 28 | Now he 's on his way now , yes let's get through here , we ca n't hang about here , let's get through and away . |
| 29 | Now he 's on the editorial and Billy , my eldest brother he er was he came up in Glasgow er getting the Scottish Express . |
| 30 | Why have n't we seen wanted posters up for this dangerous loony now he 's on the run ? ’ |