Example sentences of "i [verb] to be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 2 | According to Cognos ' ebullient senor vice president of R&D Ron Zambonini , porting from one Unix platform to another is a commercial decision only , since it 's not a technologically difficult move : ‘ I want to be on every Unix in the world . ’ |
| 3 | I like being with people , but there 's times when I want to be on my own . |
| 4 | I want to be on my own . ’ |
| 5 | To pinch a famous phrase , the road from Edinburgh to Sarajevo is a long one , and I am not sure how I came to be on it . |
| 6 | ‘ Besides , I hope to be on a percentage ! ’ |
| 7 | I think that until I drop I will clean wherever I happen to be on Saturday morning . |
| 8 | I know Gilbert Racy and I happen to be on holiday in Hereward 's parish . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Dr Grant was making a round when your call came through to the hospital , and as I happened to be on duty … ’ |
| 10 | I happened to be on duty at Thorn House while she was there . |
| 11 | At the weekend , I happened to be on a panel in a Welsh phone-in along with Wayne Shelford , Brian Price and Phil Bennett . |
| 12 | Tod and I seem to be on top of the work , and nobody has complained so far . |
| 13 | I like to be on time |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm all for sharp manoeuvres , Gareth , but I like to be on the inside of them . ’ |
| 15 | You 're the only person mixed up in this business whom I believe to be on the level . |
| 16 | Now I had to be on my guard against AIDS and the Devil . |
| 17 | I had never met her American , but of course with my prejudices I had to be on Henry 's side , and I was therefore not much help to her . |
| 18 | ‘ Mike — Michael O'Brien — will help , but I need to be on the spot . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work . |
| 20 | I have to be on hand . ’ |
| 21 | and the big dog hates her going out and I have to be on my own . |
| 22 | It was irksome being trapped in my body as I wanted to be on the roof , in the rose bower , by the lake , in the woods , on the hills and in the valley simultaneously . |
| 23 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 24 | If I was in a bad mood or something and I wanted to be on my own it would be , ‘ Ah , have you had an argument with the girlfriend ? |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to be on my own . ’ |
| 26 | I wanted to be on Anglesey because my son was at school by then you see in . |
| 27 | Erm , went , decided I wanted to be on the sort of management side . |