Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [pron] be on " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | THANKS to all in Liverpool on behalf of the members of my Association who were on parade . |
| 2 | We went to the christening and my heart was in my mouth it was on edge the whole time . |
| 3 | Well I 've got people on my committee who are on R B A board |
| 4 | At the beginning of my illness I was on the exercise bike every day , desperate to lose weight . |
| 5 | Because you went in our bedroom and nicked my torch , my torch which is on that table . |
| 6 | After a hurried cup of tea at my house we were on our way to do a climb which had been a longstanding ambition of Norman 's — Via Media on Craig Aderyn , probably the best medium-grade slab pitch in Snowdonia . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you think they 're going to have a sign out , telling us which side they 're on ? ’ |
| 8 | This is a time to make up your mind which side you are on : America or the people ? |
| 9 | But whatever their fate they are on course for the most successful season in their history . |
| 10 | 6–9 Mrs Holliday , Bowmore , applied for the baptism of her daughter in the absence of her husband who was on a voyage to Africa and not expected to return for a year , and as they were " satisfied with Mrs Holliday 's knowledge as to the ordinance and the obligation " they agreed . |
| 11 | that 's not er actually my circus on that particular video and we have n't identified which circus it was on that particular one . |
| 12 | Without their goodwill you 're on a hiding to nothing . |
| 13 | Take Denise , for instance , who had told her boyfriend she was on the Pill when she was n't : |
| 14 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 15 | Lyte — whose bicentenary it is on 1st June , this year — was also a fanatical bookman . |
| 16 | The case and conversation details will all be completely anonymous , so no one will know who has used the words or whose voice it is on the tape , but together they will provide a permanent record of how the English language was spoken in the nineteen nineties . |
| 17 | ‘ He told his contact he was on Olympic Airways ’ seven o'clock flight to Athens . |
| 18 | Only one other person lives in the house , his son who is on income support . |
| 19 | What evidence there is on sett size suggest that it does n't necessarily increase with group size , and certainly the four individuals in the Brighton group would hardly seem to need a complex consisting of more than a kilometre of tunnels . |
| 20 | I never remember what day it is on nights . ’ |
| 21 | Tell you what I 'll write it down on a bit of paper what page it 's on |
| 22 | And what about that dance class Jackie , did you find out what time it is on Sunday ? |
| 23 | And what kind of relationship can you have , if you dare n't even tell your boyfriend you 're on a period ? |