Example sentences of "[prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm one of the things that is said which is is that , in the flats , an exceptionally high proportion of tenants erm are reliant for for are on benefits . |
| 2 | Two weeks later , another patient , an 84-year-old man , died after being on a trolley for 13 hours . |
| 3 | He quarrelled with Rousseau after being on intimate terms with him , but then everybody did . |
| 4 | T. D. After being on morning duty [ 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. ] , we had to parade at 2.20 p.m. at Sefton Park . |
| 5 | He was jailed for life for murdering 23-year-old Anna McGurk two weeks after being on bail charged with rape . |
| 6 | After being on external display at Lasham , Hants , for twenty years , Dakota G–AMPP has been purchased by Mike Woodley and is being dismantled and moved to North Weald , where , due to its poor condition , it will be examined to see if a restoration programme is viable . |
| 7 | All other claimants under pensionable age — except the unemployed — qualified for the long-term rate after being on benefit for a year . |
| 8 | As I 've said , I 've been on H R T for three years and , I have since went back to work after being on H R T I do n't think I 'm an old hag ! |
| 9 | I said , ‘ Look , you know I 've just come out of Holloway after being on remand . ’ |
| 10 | They drank the Coca-Cola and Timothy consumed the Worthington E , saying it was just what he needed after being on the sauce the night before . |
| 11 | Bruce Reynolds and Buster Edwards were eventually senetnced after being on the run in Mexico . |
| 12 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |
| 13 | well it might of been on Radio Times , but |
| 14 | I must of been on holiday or something , cos tha , that 's the only reason I would n't of gone , if I , if I was n't in the country . |
| 15 | Oh I must of been on holiday dad , with the girls or something . |
| 16 | no , it were n't , should n't of been on fire , but it should of been warmish |
| 17 | Must of been on one of the other computers and er it went on for ages and it was you know it 's was irritating more than anything ! |
| 18 | now that tape that 's in now , tt , there 's a little bit at the front of that and it 's been on , oh it must of been on a fortnight and it does n't matter what you record |
| 19 | exactly what I 's expect and you may find they actually sort of are on a down-slope still . |
| 20 | You know , you 'll have to sort of be on your best behaviour ! |
| 21 | and I know la well some time when retirement was looking on the on the horizon I was saying to him you 're not alone but , you know , you 've got ta be looking towards being on your own because of course |
| 22 | ‘ Raised ’ from the ruck , originally , by his family 's wealth , he does n't want to ‘ sink ’ , and rejects ‘ the idea of defeat ’ that prevails in the Third World : ‘ I 'm tired of being on the losing side . |
| 23 | Though soon to be exposed to Nazi atrocities as returning soldiers and the world 's press became free to speak , he enjoyed the feeling of being on the winning side , of seeing his country 's troops and their allies making strong progress across Europe . |
| 24 | The same indescribable appearance of the eyes , probably caused by the constant lack of sleep and the strain of being on the alert all the time . |
| 25 | The idea of the New has always been a crucial part of pop 's rhetoric : the idea that the future is going to be a improvement on the past ( that sixties ' feeling of being on the brink of a whole new order , the beginning of an endless breaking down of barriers and limits ) . |
| 26 | It 's hard not to wish I was thinner again , hard not to long to be invisible , to escape all their gibes , and comments and the feeling of being on display . |
| 27 | GPs feel the public does not understand the problems of being on 24-hour call , including the danger of making wrong decisions through fatigue . |
| 28 | The unpredictability of being on duty , the anxiety arising out of being unsure whether anything substantial is going to happen and being in a constant state of readiness in case it does , is one of the stresses associated with duty periods and referral and investigative work generally . |
| 29 | The blow was almost as great for John , who had begun to enjoy a family background after years of being on his own or part of a split family . |
| 30 | Tagore had this feeling of being on a seat where poets of all times brought their tribute — |