Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 2 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know we were on first-name terms . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe she 'll meet someone else , ’ she floundered helplessly , realising she was on dangerous ground . |
| 5 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 6 | ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’ |
| 7 | With John Ingram we are on firmer ground . |
| 8 | You know they 're on brown rings with little little tiny screw screwed in metal rings in the brown things ? |
| 9 | To April he explained , ‘ I believe they 're on different pipes to us so it 's just possible their water might be unaffected . ’ |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Second , that any official who ignores them is on dangerous ground . |
| 15 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’ |
| 17 | It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned . |
| 18 | Claudia Yeo was feeling sick , but knew she was on secure ground . |
| 19 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 20 | ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I thought he was on two days . |
| 23 | Well I thought he was on two days . |
| 24 | Thought he was on two days four times . |
| 25 | Well I thought he was on eight days then . |
| 26 | I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try . |
| 27 | He thought he was on safe ground with lavatories , but they were bored . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 30 | I still think she 's on this floor . |