Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
| 3 | It was a nightmare , anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs . |
| 4 | ‘ Did n't know I was on your tail , old chum , did you ? ’ |
| 5 | Oh well I 'm sorry I did n't know I was on record and er I withdraw all the remarks and I shall deny everything in court . |
| 6 | How do you know I 'm on a diet ? |
| 7 | and erm you know , and I said Carla needs it for work anyway so Dave said I 'm gon na while I 'm on holiday I 'm gon na do all the stupid jobs , so I can take that computer in |
| 8 | ‘ how do you know you 're on the side |
| 9 | Well you do n't know you 're on it until you hit it and then you just lose your steering and your wheels just go all over the place |
| 10 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 11 | Erm is almost to go back so that I do n't know who 's on the course but Jayne 's course for example , |
| 12 | do n't know who 's on this week , the Baron Knights were on a fortnight ago were n't they ? |
| 13 | Do n't know who was on it actually . |
| 14 | ‘ Should we let Mr Seymour know we 're on our way ? ’ asked Moxon . |
| 15 | ‘ She 'll ring Hong Kong , let them know we 're on our way . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't know we were on first-name terms . ’ |
| 17 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 18 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 19 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 20 | ‘ We do not definitely know they were on the flight but it is very unlikely they were not , ’ said Mr Beswick . |
| 21 | ‘ How do you know it 's on now ? ’ she asked carefully , and Ana turned over comfortably , smiling to herself . |
| 22 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 23 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 24 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't know it was on the , it was on the T V today , said it was very good . |
| 26 | No , I did n't know it was on video . |
| 27 | John Coffin did not know he was on the wrong side yet , not having so far met Rose Hilaire , but he too realized that there might be a fight ahead . |
| 28 | We do n't know what 's on the other side , if anything . |
| 29 | Right , things we 'd like to see in psychology Is there any I mean any the trouble is you do n't know what 's on the menu so it 's hard to but I mean what sort what sort of things would you like to have seen from pr what you have a ? |
| 30 | I know you have done a C C Q on yourself and we 've looked at each page in detail but I think until you actually do it yourself and maybe write little prompts to let you know what 's on the next page so you can signpost it most effectively to move round the C C Q as opposed to you dri er as opposed to it driving you , you can drive it , but that should be done in the fullness of time but I do recommend you do it before you actually do your first full appointment cos it might pay you . |