Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pers pn] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hurried tea and they were on the move again . |
| 2 | I went to see what he wanted and before I knew it I was bundled into the car and we were on our way home . |
| 3 | He put it in gear and they were on their way . |
| 4 | The weather was giving promise of an early spring and they were on their way northwards , to Nahum 's father . |
| 5 | It 's the most irritable type of scalp condition and it 's on the increase . |
| 6 | Within an hour he had kissed Maeve adieu and they were on the road south to Westminster . |
| 7 | on the other side of the sun and the moon 's on that side and we 're on that side we 're in the light . |
| 8 | Or C , take it as a real compliment and you are on the same wavelength ? |
| 9 | She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her . |
| 10 | I ca n't understand that either , they ai n't getting no relief off of their poll tax and yet they 're , yet she 's not at work and he 's on the dole , and they still having to pay full whack . |
| 11 | A quick chat and I 'm on my way , only to be stopped by a bare chockstone . |
| 12 | The conversation ranged widely through wildlife management , the history of the landscape and of hunting and he was on very shaky ground there I can tell you control of pests , he likened a farmer killing a rat with a dog , to the whole panoply of fox hunting . |
| 13 | It was late afternoon and they were on their way back , swishing side by side through untouched snow down the last long sweeping run towards Rocamar . |
| 14 | So anyway I said , oh well get some change and I was on the point of sa I said to Margaret shall we jump in the ruddy car and we 'll get back . |
| 15 | There used to be an honour board and I was on it and so was Miss 's brother , er Ivor because er who whoever won the scholarship , you see , their name went on the honour |
| 16 | There were six to a cabin and they were on deck H. The initial was appropriate . |
| 17 | But it was n't when you when was in the kitchen and I was on my own . |
| 18 | He commands 602 Fighter Squadron and he is on duty tonight , at RAF Turnhouse , near Edinburgh . |
| 19 | only go so high to do a course and she was on an F grade so she had to be taken down . |
| 20 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 21 | Hell , I beat him to the handshake and it 's on camera . ’ |
| 22 | Yes I am at the moment , I , I 'm the highest earner at the moment and I 'm on the highest grade but I have n't been there the longest . |
| 23 | I mean if you 've got your house on a mortgage and you 're on the dole , takes all your money too ! |
| 24 | Oliver had gone to a shop and she was on her own . |
| 25 | So as we were going along she was just going into the paper shop and she was on her way up to the one o'clock bus , so I called in to see Jackie and had a coffee and then we come home . |
| 26 | ‘ It would be very nice if he was on one wing and I was on the other . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Our friend who got knocked down by a car , Mr Nowak , has fallen into a bad coma and he 's on the critical list . ’ |
| 28 | It was n't only the seeds of oats ; the cornfields usually contained quantities of weeds like chickweed , spurrey and charlock and it was on all these that the skylarks , twite and rock doves fattened up for the coming winter . |
| 29 | As the weather improved and the days lengthened Anne saw John several times , but usually she was on her bicycle and he was on foot . |
| 30 | Either something had happened to her or those two fivers had gone to her head and she was on a day-long spree . |