Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the football world this manifestly unsuccessful administration would have been on its bike years ago . |
| 2 | It had not occurred to her that the snooping might have been on a more professional level . |
| 3 | Such a move would have greatly simplified the supplementary benefit system , as fewer people eligible for benefit would have been on the books of local social security offices . |
| 4 | If we sort of reverse things in our minds eye , and look backwards into the past history of the universe , we can come to a time where apparently all the material in the universe would have been on top of itself , that it would all have been squeezed into a point , and this moment sometimes people call the big bang , or the initial singularity . |
| 5 | He instantly spotted the ‘ yorker ’ delivered by the man from BBC Wales — in effect , that the England match could not have been one he expected to win at the start of the season , therefore the Scottish match must have been on the credit side of the ledger . |
| 6 | His eye might have been on an altogether different target |
| 7 | The upper team would have been on the logging track above the natural amphitheatre when he broke for cover . |
| 8 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 9 | Science and education may have been on the minds of the panel , but the youngsters preferred to range over topics such as nuclear disarmament and the ethics of energy . |
| 10 | The inner door has a large mosquito net , although I did feel the mesh should have been on the outside of the door flap so you could keep bugs out . |
| 11 | It was unanimously agreed by the platform that if Amaranth had carried Salome 's platter as well as the seven veils , Jeffrey Archer 's head should have been on it . |
| 12 | If Hank had done something particularly dreadful , either Donna Frizzell or some other nosey parker would have been on her doorstep by now to tell her about it . |
| 13 | The Corporation may have been on cover for several years and when subsidence damage is discovered , it requires full underpinning . |
| 14 | But we do have to ask if the saboteur could have been on the train , just in case any of you noticed anything wrong . ’ |
| 15 | Mrs Vickerman , a Binns Store manageress , said she was upset and concerned that her two-week-old baby could have been on the seat . |
| 16 | If there was any honour in this Government , Mr Heseltine 's resignation would have been on the Prime Minister 's desk at the same time as the High Court judgment . |
| 17 | The woman was then driven around for over an hour and believes part of the journey may have been on a motorway . |
| 18 | Oh , very very big , he explained and stepped away from the end of the table to indicate with his hand where the tail would have been on this particular specimen . |
| 19 | Normally , the pilot would have been on board before the ship ran aground 100 yards off the Tower of Hercules navigation light . |
| 20 | Often a son or daughter will have been on the brink of a promising career when they developed their first symptoms . |
| 21 | Right now the best are Arsenal and it 's just a pity they 're not in one of the European competitions , because my money will have been on them to win it . |
| 22 | The eyes of the world may have been on Microsoft Corp Windows NT , but over at the IBM booth they were pulling out all the stops to show that OS/2 is far from dead . |