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

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1 How did you know we were on that train ? ’
2 You know who was on that story ?
3 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 .
4 And they thought I was on that plane blown up .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 ‘ 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 .
8 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
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