Example sentences of "[noun] would be on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My coming appearance in The Jungle Book was meagre in comparison with Charlie 's triumph , but soon eyes would be on me ; it was a start , and I felt strong and determined . |
| 2 | Ten minutes , fifteen at the most , and the wind would be on them , tearing them from the saddle . |
| 3 | So it was a fair assumption that their oriental antagonist would be on his guard against any further attacks by the Mob . |
| 4 | He had felt sure when he left his hotel room that every eye in Saigon would be on him that evening because he was wearing a white tuxedo for the very first time in his young life . |
| 5 | The rump would be on its own , you see . |
| 6 | True , you could argue that you had worked from exactly the same spot as the photographer , but in a court of law the onus would be on you to prove it ! |
| 7 | They had to be wooed back into the workforce because , with a shortfall of school-leavers , the British economy would be on its knees without them . |
| 8 | He would send it to Baghdad or Cairo , and , within minutes , men even more serious than the two in the Frog and Ferret would be on their way to Wimbledon with automatic rifles . |
| 9 | Raymond would be on his back ! |
| 10 | If she sprang up and gave him a good shaking , every bit of public sympathy would be on his side . |
| 11 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |
| 12 | The eyes of the world would be on him , would n't they ? |
| 13 | If she went to the wedding , every eye and camera would be on her . |
| 14 | Progress seemed to have halted ; two more furtive searches of Charlie 's office had turned up nothing other than his hidden Scotch bottle but then , every evening of the day after a job , she 'd see him go in there empty-handed and the book would be on his desk when he summoned her . |
| 15 | The question was : if a broad view is taken both in terms of the areas covered and the nature of the potential solutions , is it possible to improve the environment and safety of large areas , or even whole towns , by adopting a package of measures that are simple and inexpensive , but because they are integrated , are more effective than single measures would be on their own ? |
| 16 | The approach there was to adopt a package of measures that were simple and inexpensive , but because they were integrated , would be more effective than single measures would be on their own . |
| 17 | All the helping would be on his side . |
| 18 | Some of these women would be on it . |
| 19 | I prayed the weather would be on our side ; sometimes you can draw the wrong straw with the weather and you 're finished . |