Example sentences of "but the [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the laugh was on him , and he 'd be on his way to finding his proper place in the smithy — which was to stand by and watch , and not ask too many questions . ’ |
| 2 | " Just before we left Iran , the Shah asked me to call Sadat , but the telephone was on strike , the telex also . |
| 3 | we , it should be next Thursday but the school 's on |
| 4 | But the course was on common land and tended to become somewhat crowded . |
| 5 | Slalom Schools is now dead but the centre is on the market with a full order of bookings and re-bookings throughout next season . |
| 6 | This form of teaching takes more time than other methods but the emphasis is on learning the processes of thinking and organisation involved in reaching solutions . |
| 7 | Some of his cartoons show what happens when computers go wrong , but the emphasis is on trivial tasks to which computers might be put in the house and office . |
| 8 | This catalogue of proposals for constitutional change does not exhaust the perspective of the constitutional authorities , but the emphasis is on limiting Parliament , asserting the power of the judiciary , balancing the constitution , and reviving parliamentary government . |
| 9 | So it does , given the restrictions of the original model , but the emphasis is on the word minimum . |
| 10 | A lead team of managers and trade union members oversees the whole programme but the emphasis is on involving employees and encouraging them to solve their own problems . |
| 11 | Of course , they 'd immediately jump to the wrong conclusion and think I was talking about a girlfriend , and I 'd get some almighty teasing , but the joke was on them ! |
| 12 | Proceedings had been due to resume on Monday next week , but the commission was on standby to travel down over the weekend if necessary if there was an improvement in his client 's health . |
| 13 | The third turned and made to run , but the woman was on him like a tigress , pulling him backward by his hair , her hand chopping down viciously at his chest . |
| 14 | But the entrance is on the other side of the keep , ’ she added worriedly . |
| 15 | He turned , gasping , his gun gone from him , but the creature was on him in an instant , something hard smashing down into his face , breaking his nose . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's tough , but the writing was on the wall once I was 12th man . |
| 17 | The branch line was not immediately axed by Beeching , but the writing was on the wall , and on 3 January 1972 the last passenger train left Swanage ‘ from a station little more than a ghost ’ . |
| 18 | It had greater success in the year 1912 which followed , but the writing was on the wall . |