Example sentences of "that he is [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria learns from the men she drinks with in the cafe that he is hiding on the rooftops . |
| 2 | From the outset , Cohn makes it very clear that he is bent on taking a walk on the wild side , to chronicle the lives of the losers he meets along this small strip of the Great American Nowhere . |
| 3 | Unix Labs is appealing the judge 's decision , claiming that he is mistaken on a matter of law . |
| 4 | If he is to practise standing up , the plinth height may be raised , so that he is perched on the edge with his legs fairly straight : this reduces the support under his seat , but makes it easier for him to stand . |
| 5 | Thus it is that the Masters and Augusta are always spoken of in reverential tones , each contestant being made to feel that he is walking on hallowed ground in close communion with the saints of the game . |
| 6 | He feels so close to the nature of the place that he is photographed on the jacket of his book wearing a curious hat and holding the tusk of a wild pig . |