Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] be on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps like being on top of a big wave in a canoe or on a surfboard , but to try to describe it is to fail . |
| 2 | PASSENGERS are causing corrosion of aircraft merely by being on board , say scientists , who are investigating an unexpected corrosion threat caused by smoke , condensation and ‘ other emissions ’ from travellers . |
| 3 | It 's not like being on shore where once the patients are gone you shut up shop and go home . |
| 4 | But that nearly ended in disaster , too , with Dublin just 90 minutes away from being on soccer 's scra-pheap for good . |
| 5 | His black and white , ‘ meditive ’ , large format landscapes shots are soon to be on exhibit in Bath and Newport , Gwent . |
| 6 | His black and white , ‘ meditative ’ , large format landscape shots are soon to be on exhibit in Bath and Newport , Gwent . |
| 7 | Another attractive German newcomer shortly to be on sale in Britain is the roomy new Audi 100 . |
| 8 | Erlich was content just to be on home territory . |
| 9 | PARTY leaders in Scotland were all claiming yesterday to be on target for victory . |
| 10 | Well there used to be just me but then they 've employed another one and we were so fed up with being on nights that we said look , I 'm afraid we 've had enough of this , you know so she I said to her how about you allocate us each to a ward you see |
| 11 | Life is not as glamorous as it is cracked up to be on Tour . |
| 12 | no , it were n't , should n't of been on fire , but it should of been warmish |
| 13 | I was lucky , because instead of being on house assessment I was called and told I was going to be on the works party next day , only my second day at Styal . |