Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be on duty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she loved her work , never before had she wished to be on duty on a day off . |
| 2 | Minor misdemeanours can place her in a position of great vulnerability , subject to the whim of whoever happens to be on duty , and institutional life , by definition , is less flexible , less forgiving , than the ‘ normal family ’ home . |
| 3 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 4 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |
| 5 | I happened to be on duty at Thorn House while she was there . |
| 6 | But Victoria is wondering why I always come with you , when I was employed to be on duty here . ’ |
| 7 | And if you were on night duty you 'd get two nights off , but when you came back you 'd , you 'd , you 'd have to be on duty that night so you 'd have to go to bed that day . |
| 8 | Anyway , granny did n't survive the war — her heart gave out one night and there was a big family funeral to which I did not go , having conveniently arranged to be on duty that day . |
| 9 | She could n't do that again for a while , she had to be on duty over Christmas as it was . |
| 10 | In the past year , the number of those contracted to be on duty for more than 83 hours has halved , but we must go much further . |