Example sentences of "[that] [noun prp] be on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then with six minutes to go fortune smiled … fate declared that Swindon were on their way up … |
| 2 | Right , er we mentioned at the last meeting that Richard was on our side in our attempts to bring back the schools liaison officers into the fold . |
| 3 | North reported back that the line was working ; the Second Channel had noted to Cave ‘ that RR being a man of God had removed the only argument they had — that Allah was on their side . ’ |
| 4 | Announcement of the terms in the late summer of 1905 led to a wave of resentment among a public which had constantly been informed that Russia was on her knees . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd look a right idiot if we organize things on the basis that Vargas is on our side and I get there and he is n't . |
| 6 | The arrival of £1.5million-rated James from Watford had sparked rumours that Grobbelaar was on his way out . |
| 7 | ‘ Might n't I have known that she would have such perfect timing ? ’ turning to his mother , he explained , ‘ That 's what I was coming to tell you — that Phena was on her way . |
| 8 | When Callahan heard that Hornbaker was on his way , he was as jumpy as Gary Cooper waiting for Frank Miller and his gang to ride into town in High Noon . |
| 9 | His ‘ arch-opponent ’ , as he called Palmerston , was ‘ once more the autocrat of England ’ , and although he thought that Fitzroy was on his side , he was ‘ sworn to uphold Lord P 's views ’ . |
| 10 | Whatever their reasoning , they seek to make sure that God is on their side . |
| 11 | Their problem was that , for all the clarity of their insistence that God was on their side , their world was a complex , not a simple place . |
| 12 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 13 | Saddam Hussein claimed that God was on his side . |
| 14 | In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict . |