Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember vividly being on night guard prior to the morning executions when some prisoners sang and rattled their tin mugs against the bars in some form of defiance . |
| 2 | I remember once being on the board of a risk capital company when the Business Expansion Scheme first came in . |
| 3 | I think both are on the cards . ’ |
| 4 | It 's unlikely that anybody does it too often , since trippers tend to make skiing an all-day outing , but I 've often been on the beach with people planning a ski trip next day . |
| 5 | I 've never been on a diet . |
| 6 | Now I 've never been on a camel before and these guys , I mean , they do n't wash ; just roll around in the sand . |
| 7 | I 've never been on the permanent staff . ’ |
| 8 | I 've never been on the course so I 've never had a police dog . |
| 9 | I 've never been on tour , but I 've been to the visitor 's centre , and |
| 10 | I 've never been on a train before . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never been on a boat before , ’ he admitted to Tommy , ‘ unless you count the paddle steamer at Brighton . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 13 | I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together . |
| 14 | I have just been on an inter-personal skills workshop so I knew what to do . |
| 15 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 16 | I have never been on a diet . |
| 17 | I have never been on a mountain with so many other people before . |
| 18 | EXPERTS are questioning the value of home-cholesterol testing kits which have now been on the market for six months . |
| 19 | After all , it 's not everyone who has a private view of paintings worth £100,000 — a lot of money in those pre-war , pre-inflation days — but which have never been on public view . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it does have something to do with drugs , because if you look at all those Spiral Tribe people who 've just been on E for so long , y'know ? |
| 21 | You 've never been on one . ’ |
| 22 | You 've never been on a big boat ? |
| 23 | Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas . |
| 24 | I know has so several of you have already been on a training course so you 'll know the sort of er way in which we work and the way things happen . |
| 25 | You should consider whether this is really what you want to do , or whether it is because you have never been on holiday alone before and the thought of it makes you nervous . |
| 26 | Tealtaoich said , ‘ You have always been on the side of justice , Trees ; come with us and fight with us and for us , as you have done in the past . ’ |
| 27 | My dear , we 've just been on the most shattering binge in North Africa . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We 've never been on a cruise . |
| 29 | We 've never been to station , d' ya know we 've never been on the slope and I 've , I 've |
| 30 | It looks as if there is a walk down there but we 've never been on it but tell you where you may be thinking of , you may be thinking of that walk that goes towards the erm adventure park at the other side of Buckfastleigh . |