Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 do n't know who 's on this week , the Baron Knights were on a fortnight ago were n't they ?
2 ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said .
3 How did you know we were on that train ? ’
4 ‘ I did n't know we were on first-name terms . ’
5 Did you know what was on this morning ?
6 ‘ Maybe she 'll meet someone else , ’ she floundered helplessly , realising she was on dangerous ground .
7 McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business .
8 Read what 's on this afternoon .
9 ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’
10 You know who was on that story ?
11 With John Ingram we are on firmer ground .
12 You know they 're on brown rings with little little tiny screw screwed in metal rings in the brown things ?
13 Guess who 's on first call tomorrow ?
14 To April he explained , ‘ I believe they 're on different pipes to us so it 's just possible their water might be unaffected . ’
15 According to Berkeley Systems Design International 's Peter Collinson , based at the company 's Canterbury , Kent subsidiary in the UK , BSDI ‘ are relying on the Berkeley statement ’ that there is no AT&T code within BSD Networking Release 2 , the basis of its BSD/386 product ( UX No 370 ) , and as such they feel they are on solid ground ( see front page ) .
16 Ever since then , China in its many and varied aspects has been in my mind , and I believe it was on that Saturday morning in Aunt Janie 's potato patch that I first became interested in the Orient .
17 I believe it was on this ride that I sensed something I had not felt since the time I took my French classes in London : a sort of exhilarating separateness .
18 they 're always keen doing What 's on this afternoon ?
19 The usual dog-legs associated with a bomber raid were inserted into the route to give a false impression of the ultimate destination , and the Mosquito Light Night Striking Force carried out spoof attacks on either side of the main track with " Window " attacks and actually dropping T IS on probable targets along the route .
20 Second , that any official who ignores them is on dangerous ground .
21 And they thought I was on that plane blown up .
22 ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’
23 It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned .
24 Claudia Yeo was feeling sick , but knew she was on secure ground .
25 No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly .
26 ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’
27 For past all doubt he was on that path , he did find the poor soul dead , he did run to the castle , like an honest man , and tell the sheriff what he had found .
28 I thought he was on two days .
29 Well I thought he was on two days .
30 Thought he was on two days four times .
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