Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be on [det] [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 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 3 | Did you know what was on this morning ? |
| 4 | Read what 's on this afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’ |
| 6 | You know who was on that story ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | they 're always keen doing What 's on this afternoon ? |
| 10 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’ |
| 12 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 13 | ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think he 's on this wavelength , ’ she said , ‘ I had thought of having a holiday in one of the Martello towers if I do n't see him soon . ’ |
| 16 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 17 | I still think she 's on this floor . |
| 18 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 19 | I think it was on that Sunday , but it may have been on the Sunday before , that I gave the last message from the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 20 | I think it was on this morning yeah but it 's erm |
| 21 | A viewer will also be able to check what 's on another channel by inlaying a small picture of that channel in the corner of the main picture . |
| 22 | Even when you wish he was on another planet . |
| 23 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 24 | ‘ By the time I 'd finished reading the report I was fairly confident that if I , as an adult , accepted what was on that screen as being right , valid and interesting , then it would be the same for a child — provided I took out any excessive sexuality and violence . |
| 25 | And it 's frightening , but I , I mean , I know from my days at British Telecom , I 'd say I was on that phone , really |
| 26 | see what 's on this afternoon , I sha n't look up any thing this morning , unless there 's a cookery programme on we both did a lemon |