Example sentences of "be [pron] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arriving at Napo , I discussed plans for collecting with the INIAP technician , José Baquero , who was to be my assistant on the project . |
| 2 | ‘ If selected it would be my swansong on the international scene and a great way to bow out , ’ said Ward . |
| 3 | Gorbachev 's early policy pronouncements gave little indication that one of the central features of his administration would be its emphasis on ‘ new thinking ’ in international affairs . |
| 4 | A girl had been murdered and their sole concern seemed to be its effect on their own convenience . |
| 5 | Another widowed grandmother chose her grown-up granddaughter , who had had dinner with her every day as a schoolchild , to be her companion on seaside holidays . |
| 6 | The Frenchman was a lawyer , and Sir Anthony was on the board of the building firm which Gillian 's father mostly owned ; air traffic was increasing , bonanza time , and the company had appointed Anthony to be their emissary on a proposal for a joint venture on a new terminal . |
| 7 | Furthermore , we have the unimpeachable information of his pupil Posidonius that he was invited by Scipio to be his companion on the diplomatic journey to the East about 140 B.C. ( fr. 30 Jacoby ) . |
| 8 | Despite the shock that he must have felt as he drove to what he expected to be his hangar on the morning after , he has shown himself to a man of warm priorities : ‘ People and their problems are more important than airplanes , ’ he has commented . |
| 9 | When Roy Plomley invited him to be his guest on Desert Island Discs , he thought that his cup runneth over . |
| 10 | Q. If you were a doctor , what would be your verdict on Courtaulds ' state of health ? |
| 11 | He offers us His Holy Spirit to sustain our faith , to be our companion on the dark nights and lonely days . |
| 12 | If this is the correct moral framework for punishment , what should be our judgement on our current penal practices ? |
| 13 | So we 're looking for two additional representatives on this parish council to be our nominees on the management committee , and the management committee will present us with proposals to buy the ground in due course . |
| 14 | and finally the womens cricket world cup gets underway next week we 've two local girls i8n the England team and they 'll be our guests on monday |
| 15 | and finally the womens cricket world cup gets underway next week we 've two local girls i8n the England team and they 'll be our guests on monday |
| 16 | A new Benjamin and Elizabeth Titford were , in a sense , rising out of the ashes of the old ; they and their children — Benjamin James , William , Henry Joseph , Charles Frederick and Emily Jane — will be our companions on the next stage of our journey . |