Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |
| 3 | Send them to your boss 's secretary , stating in writing that you are starting on the preparation of the report , as instructed , and are basing it on the enclosed terms of reference . |
| 4 | You 're breaking me on the rack of your virtue . ’ |
| 5 | And erm so if they 're buying it on the , on the market , th the company should pay a fair price for , for what they 've bought . |
| 6 | And we 're doing something on the character of the Christian , er I ca n't , obedience , , righteousness is one and I ca n't remember what the other is . |
| 7 | Well that thing 's pretty easy if you 're doing it on the beach but what if you 're out in the water and it suddenly gusts up . |
| 8 | so like perhaps , say six weeks you 're doing it on the voluntary basis |
| 9 | whether you 're dropping it on the putting the acid to the the alkal the the metal , the alkali , the base or the carbonate , the salt is always a salt of the acid . |
| 10 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 11 | Because of your health , pet , they 're putting us on the priority list , say we did n't ought to be below-ground , nor too high . |
| 12 | Understand that you are not shutting the door on the one you loved , but you are shutting it on the negative force that lived — or still lives — within them . |
| 13 | Essentially it mean that er the work is is more or less complete and therefore we are pricing it on the basis of the actual out turn of costs . |
| 14 | Well I erm I 'm basing it on the Tower Hamlets model . |
| 15 | Er , no I think I 'm having him on the Monday cos she 's going to have her hair permed |
| 16 | Well , he said , I 'm putting them on the train and they 'll be in Valley on the seven o'clock train for you On Friday night this was . |
| 17 | I 'm laying it on the table . |
| 18 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 19 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 20 | Chubb has sold 47.5m Sun shares to brokers S G Warburg , Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs who are placing them on the market . |
| 21 | Her previous rival , Ann Clwyd , and her small band of supporters , including Brian Sedgemore and Dale Campbell-Savours , are backing her on the grounds of her sex , trapped by their propaganda about the need for a woman in the post . |