Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean being on my own , travelling down here the way that I did . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd been on my feet . |
| 3 | ‘ To be honest if I 'd been on my own I would n't have gone ahead with it , ’ says Avril . |
| 4 | much time if I , If I 'd been on my own . |
| 5 | There is in fact such a car outside , but the siren I hear is on my son 's hi-fi in the next room . |
| 6 | Where it 's not quite so good I feel is on her face . |
| 7 | A week earlier Steve and I had been on our way to the summit of Ultar with a pair of 150 foot ropes . |
| 8 | If I had been on my own I probably would not have done it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ To begin with , I 've been on my own a long time , and the longer one is alone the more used to it and the more choosy one becomes . |
| 10 | Also , I 've been on my own for 30 years and I 'm rather set in my ways . |
| 11 | I 've been on my own the entire evening . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been on your trail for a long , long time . ’ |
| 13 | It was mid-evening , and she 'd been on her beat for about ten minutes , when an elderly , smartly-dressed man passed her . |
| 14 | Only two weeks later she 'd been on her way to Little Kirkton . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't you mind being on your own ? ’ |
| 16 | Then Gedanken said , ‘ Uncle , if you like being on your own a lot , why do you put up with me ? |
| 17 | Rain said : ‘ But you 've been on his yacht , have n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | You 've been on your feet all evening . ’ |
| 19 | One minute she had been on her hands and knees scrubbing and the next she was being wined and dined by the owner of the largest store in town . |
| 20 | It seemed that she had been on her own forever . |
| 21 | Gemma , 11 , found fending for herself in her west London home while her mother , 31 , was on holiday in Spain , was taken in by Hammersmith Council on February 1 after complaints that she had been on her own for two days . |
| 22 | She had been on his mind since the morning he had seen her from his horse ; frightened yet defiant , sparking with anger . |
| 23 | Before he had met Kate Burrows , she had been on his list of ‘ things to do ’ . |
| 24 | Vicki is praying that the rescue ship she knows is on its way will arrive in time to save them all . |
| 25 | Then the social worker got us this flat and Keith moved in with us , and he stayed until just before Christmas , and we 've been on our own ever since . |
| 26 | I mean , they 've been on their own for weeks , so . |
| 27 | Chairman I have a copy of the environmental impact assessment report in respect of East Bank options , West End Road and Ipswich Northern bypass , they 've been on my desk from |
| 28 | They 've been on my door since late |
| 29 | You see the individual patient 's dilemma , we 've got no problem with the loner who comes for individual psychoanalysis they have been on their own th there 's no problem there , but but what about the group analytic situation ? |
| 30 | Leaf-roll sawfly This clever little beast is given a fair description and discussion in the answer to question number 52 on page 208 , which , with Figure 13 above , will enable you to spot that it has been on your plants . |