Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Er , no I think I 'm having him on the Monday cos she 's going to have her hair permed |
| 32 | I could be putting him on the spot . |
| 33 | Your job will be to place it on the barbecue and keep it turned . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | I 'm laying it on the table . |
| 36 | Hooto ( TM ) may , even now , be congratulating himself on the risks he 's taken , the frontiers he 's conquered . |
| 37 | I shall be watching him on the television . ’ |
| 38 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 39 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 40 | PEOPLE from a housing estate have been putting themselves on the map — and others have the unnerving prospect of coming face to face with themselves . |
| 41 | The first course had been awaiting them on the dining-room table . |
| 42 | Chubb has sold 47.5m Sun shares to brokers S G Warburg , Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs who are placing them on the market . |
| 43 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 44 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 45 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 46 | They had taken the area from the rebels and were defending it on the orders of General Kopyion . |
| 47 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 48 | The one time they were encouraged to sit her on a chair , after she had scratched her sister , both parents moved over to her and fussed her , talking and explaining to her why they were putting her on the chair . |
| 49 | At the front , though , they had taken them through the gate and were playing them on the windows of Hilda Machin 's sitting-room . |
| 50 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 51 | You were congratulating yourselves on the fact earlier , I know . ’ |
| 52 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 53 | On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep ! |
| 54 | " Just been watching you on the box — you have n't changed at all . |
| 55 | It 's keeping you on the bike . |
| 56 | ‘ I asked my childminder to do what I do when Laura is naughty , and that is tap her on the hand and tell her ‘ no ’ — and that is all , ’ she explained . |
| 57 | He is basing it on the book by Martha Zamora Frida , el pincel de la angustia . |
| 58 | The Three Choirs vineyard is making an English equivalant of Beaujolais Nouveau , and is launching it on the French market . |
| 59 | Your last option , if everything is closed off , is knock it on the top and try and lead into chase . |
| 60 | The very first thing which they do is to destroy something on the island , which shows their masculinity . |