Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’ |
| 7 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 8 | ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 12 | I still think she 's on this floor . |
| 13 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I think it was on this morning yeah but it 's erm |
| 16 | Even when you wish he was on another planet . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 |