Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave . |
| 2 | Hopefully Hereford are on the way up after beating Doncaster … good win this … a good performance which kicked off with an early goal from Owen Pickard … |
| 3 | Cricket now , and Northamptonshire are on the verge of a place in the NatWest Trophy final at Lords.They bowled out Warwickshire for a hundred and forty nine in the semi final at Edgbaston , and were further helped by some disastrous Warwickshire batting . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't like to seem stuffy friend , but if Bonanza and Mahoney were on the outs I would know it . |
| 5 | And when he came back he got a job in Marks and Spencer 's on the shop floor . |
| 6 | They are still trying to trace the owner of a metallic blue Vauxhall Carlton which was parked near Pinky 's on the day of Lynne 's death . |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY of Ulster girl Sharon Cunningham is on the road to Rio . |
| 8 | The Herberg zum Goldenen Luwen is on the site of an inn which was active five hundred years ago . |
| 9 | The famous Old Roses Brewery premises at Malton is on the market at £300,000 . |
| 10 | DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin has denied that his former Leeds teammate Tony Currie is on the way to Feethams . |
| 11 | — DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin has denied that his former Leeds teammate Tony Currie is on the way to Feethams . |
| 12 | David 's on the ball |
| 13 | French environmental party Les Verts is on the verge of a schism between members prepared to contemplate an alliance with the Socialists and a rebel group backed by party spokesman and former presidential candidate Antoine Waechter . |
| 14 | Now the United States is on the verge of bombing Iraq on the pretext that Iraq refuses to destroy its ‘ weapons of mass destruction ’ — when , in fact , Iraq has asked that some of its military industry be converted to civilian production laid waste by allied bombing . |
| 15 | AIRLINE boss Richard Branson is on the verge of victory against British Airways rival Lord King after claiming a ‘ dirty tricks ’ campaign had been waged against Virgin Atlantic . |
| 16 | RESTAURANT group Simpsons of Cornhill is on the verge of being swallowed up by holiday and printing company Baldwin in a deal worth £1.7m . |
| 17 | Hooker Olver , the England bench reserve for a record 27 times , explained : ‘ My friends at the Stoop did n't expect to be playing for the club at Easter , but now their re-arranged league game with Orrell is on the Monday . |
| 18 | At the top of Victoria Peak , JK 's on the Peak ( ) is the local for Hong Kong 's swankiest residents . |
| 19 | In coming months , Max may be spending a bit more time in the country , as Sinitta is on the brink of signing a world-wide recording contract and a movie deal . |
| 20 | Spanish operation , Meeke is on the verge of winning Spain 's international rally title for the first time although as he left again for Madrid yesterday , he sounded a word of caution . |
| 21 | As Ward has signed Lance Key on loan from Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season , Marples is on the sidelines and will play again only if first choice Dean Kiely is injured , Key being unavailable for Fourth Division fixtures as he was signed after the transfer deadline . |
| 22 | Under glasnost and perestroika , the last great untapped pool of world Jewry is on the move . |
| 23 | MOVE over Sylvester Stallone — a real-life Rocky is on the way up ! |
| 24 | ‘ At least Mr Downes is on the walkabout , though ? |
| 25 | The Intel 386sx TM processor runs at 20Mhz making it one of the fastest SX 's on the market . |
| 26 | She said : ‘ Neil was on the back but he ca n't tell us much about it yet . |
| 27 | The powder was a pretty strong absorbent mixture and I felt sure it would do the trick , but a week later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 28 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 29 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported in mid-February that Kurdistan was on the point of collapse and that hundreds of thousands of people were facing starvation as a result of the Iraqi blockade and the cutting of supply lines to Iran by snow and to Turkey by a lorry strike . |
| 30 | Donna was on the telephone . |