Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ships did not often come down this coast , and I said to myself , ‘ I 'm going to be on this island for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration . |
| 3 | ‘ I will never forget Bill Mackowiack , my ball turret gunner , who did n't have to be on that mission with me . |
| 4 | Did it have to be on this evening that Kate , that notorious hedgerow flirt , should have come in early to steal his mission of mercy and love ? |
| 5 | Sometimes I do n't want to be on that stage . |
| 6 | So it proved to be on this occasion . |
| 7 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |