Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being the case , I can not thank personally in any way other than through your column , but if this person should read this letter I would be very pleased if I am contacted on Darlington . |
| 2 | Although I am questioned on this in moments of crisis , I firmly believe it to be true . |
| 3 | Heyward however shifts ground : ‘ I am hooked on Jesus . |
| 4 | Nowadays , I am consulted on all matters pertaining to him , and I feel my role is to make him better known . |
| 5 | Every time I meet her I am thrown on the defensive . |
| 6 | I feel reasonably relaxed if I am interviewed on my own ground , but find TV stations rather stressful and alien situations . |
| 7 | I am tapped on the head by innumerable vice presidents , given a small raise , taken to the opera by the client , and sent to Hong Kong for the signing of the loan . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most wonderful place on earth ( though I am told on good authority that the souvenir shop at Graceland takes some beating ) has to be Niagara falls . |
| 9 | If I sell my British Telecom shares , will I be taxed on any profits I make ? |
| 10 | I 've become very fond of Ellis and I 'm prepared on occasion to be tempted into his latest hare-brained scheme , but I 'm buggered if I 'll carry on like Richard Hannay and his chums in a John Buchan novel . |
| 11 | Well , I 'm joined on the line by Audrey . |
| 12 | great big towers which are painted an off white colour , an' I 'm featured , an' I 'm featured on the front of a very famous album by Pink Floyd . |
| 13 | I 'm based on the moons of Jupiter from now on , and the only time I 'll come back to earth will be strictly on a day-trip basis . |
| 14 | ‘ If rhythm 's a drug I 'm hooked on you/Show me every move/We 've got perfect motion ’ — just like Madonna or Betty Boo at their best , this is pure and damn-near perfect pop , and for once it 's even better in the flesh . |
| 15 | I 'm hooked on ginger . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm wanted on the ward , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 17 | I 'm wanted on the phone , and then I have a long-standing business lunch and a couple of other appointments . |
| 18 | Sometimes I 'm sent on what 's called " duty " . |
| 19 | And I 'm parked on a yellow line , and it 's raining — and I 'm Elinor Browne , with an ‘ E ’ , ’ she concluded in a little rush . |
| 20 | Well that 's why now I 'm glad when I 'm come on this diet that I can fill his |
| 21 | But I 'm told on this day , May thirteenth , thirty seven years ago , and that should bring back a lot of memories for many of you , the Three-Ninetieth flew its hundred and fifth combat mission from this station and many of you remember that day . |
| 22 | And why do reception staff often ask if I 've stayed with them before when I 'm booked on a regular customer discount ? |
| 23 | Right after the ground rules are laid down by the station when you go in they say , ‘ What is your title ? ’ and if I 'm interviewed on behalf of the branch P R O I say that , if I 'm an officer of Broadham District Council I say that , so the ground rules are there as to who you 're speaking for when the interview starts . |
| 24 | I 'm up here and I 'm perched on the ledge |
| 25 | I 'm impaled on the blue flames of his blow-torch eyes you see . ’ |
| 26 | Pretty much the same at the moment because I 'm I 'm sat on a couple of bills for Salford Council who I 'm sure can afford it for the moment . |
| 27 | I 'm put on a murder case . |
| 28 | if I 'm put on a ladder with a television set then forget it , because |
| 29 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 30 | Yes , yes , it does n't compete with the fireplace , we have a , a , er mock fire in there you know , normally in the winter that , that 's on and it looks , it 's very realistic , it almost looks as if it is a fire glowing all the time cos there 's a rotary spinner in it and it flickers , er , and er the room is very warm because it 's central heated anyway and , no I would n't say , it never bothers me the television , I do n't suppose that er , if I were left on my own I 'd hardly have it left on you know I think men watch television more than women . |