Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'd never been on stage in my life before and there I was , suddenly going to be in front of King George and Queen Mary . |
| 2 | We went to the airport , I 'd never been on a plane before , we were going to America — we got to the airport and — nothing . |
| 3 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 4 | Cos I had it for a month , cos I did n't know whether I was gon na like it , I 'd never been on one before and er I 'd heard Judith say that you could feel claustrophobic , you know , with it over you |
| 5 | Adam nodded , his mouth making a wry twist , and Lissa murmured , ‘ I 'd better be on my way . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd better be on my way . |
| 7 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I remember once being on the board of a risk capital company when the Business Expansion Scheme first came in . |
| 10 | I think both are on the cards . ’ |
| 11 | And I said well were on our way out so she said alright , were hang on and wait for you to arrive at seven and then I 'll take the rest back . |
| 12 | An and the next day of action as I said before is on tropical rainforests erm . |
| 13 | I have been here that long I thought that I had already been on … ‘ |
| 14 | I had never been on a glacier before . |
| 15 | I had never been on the Upper West Side before , but it still reminded me of something . |
| 16 | Felipe had let me drive around the hacienda but I had never been on a road . ’ |
| 17 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I 've never been on a diet . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I 've never been on the permanent staff . ’ |
| 22 | I 've never been on the course so I 've never had a police dog . |
| 23 | I 've never been on tour , but I 've been to the visitor 's centre , and |
| 24 | I 've never been on a train before . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've never been on a boat before , ’ he admitted to Tommy , ‘ unless you count the paddle steamer at Brighton . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 27 | I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together . |
| 28 | I have just been on an inter-personal skills workshop so I knew what to do . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I have never been on a diet . |