Example sentences of "[adv] he [is] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps he 's saving on the gas bill back at the Vicarage . ’ |
| 2 | So he 's moving on Monday . |
| 3 | So he 's leaving on Monday . |
| 4 | Can anyone help R. Standring , from Bangor in Gwynedd , who is keen to learn whether or not he is sitting on a gold mine or , to be more precise , swinging with one ? |
| 5 | Cos something might fall on his head , yes , and he 's also he 's working on a building site and that 's the normal regulations . |
| 6 | I landed 'im one for that and bowled him clean over — now he 's grinning on t' other side of 'is face ! |
| 7 | And right now he 's working on a ‘ silent ’ movie with Eric Sykes called The Big Freeze . |
| 8 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 9 | He shows me charts of average weight and height , because now he is working on his motorbike , going from door to door selling insurance policies , and they use the charts to decide whether someone is at risk of a heart attack . |
| 10 | Provisionally his trial is set for December , and till then he 's released on bail . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe he 's leaning on the safety rail , with his back to the path and his head bent . |
| 12 | and er he saw the , he was with Trigger he says , he says keep calm , drinking calm , were in here my son , right , and er its the bit where he 's leaning on the bar and the bloke lifts up the bar and he just folds like a tonne of bricks sideways |
| 13 | There are many interesting facets of this complex diagnostic process and three are worthy of re-emphasis : firstly most of his information comes not from positive signals , stimuli or cues but from their absence , secondly he is relying on a hybrid model — a mixture of rules , mental pictures and symbolism , thirdly it all happens without very much conscious guidance — one mental or physical event leads to another and each event in the chain plays its part before handing over to the next one . |