Example sentences of "be on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they 're on every night Friday , er , erm , er Monday to Friday five o'clock |
| 2 | They 're on a worldwide scale rather than a national scale , but you have to recognise that there are only so many hours in the day in which you can be efficient . |
| 3 | For me , there 's just something more powerful in Man 's ultimate punishments — whether they 're on a humanist level or a more mystical level — than in his ultimate rewards . |
| 4 | That awful thing that so many groups get themselves involved in , when they 're on a plane and they do a gig and they do n't even know what city they 're in , he 'd manage to avoid . |
| 5 | It 's not necessarily done with bad intentions , but unless there 's much greater flow in and out , then I fear we 're on a downward path . |
| 6 | And what kind of relationship can you have , if you dare n't even tell your boyfriend you 're on a period ? |
| 7 | If you 're on a motorway , look for the marker arrows and follow them . |
| 8 | For instance , if you 're on a traffic junction outside a railway station like Lime Street , you wo n't be there five minutes before you 're approached by some hotelier saying , it would be worth your while to send them up to his hotel . |
| 9 | And if you 're on a weight-loss diet , the risk of missing out on vitamins is even greater . |
| 10 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 11 | You can forget about giving up bread if you 're on a diet , because contrary to popular belief , bread — whether it 's white or brown — is good for you and your figure . |
| 12 | They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices . |
| 13 | By the time they 're ten or eleven they 're on a six handicap . |
| 14 | Kitchens Of Distinction are in the potentially painful process of arriving : they 're on a collision course with 1991 , and , despite all the fashion points stacked against them , the no-great-rush policy seems ready to pay off . |
| 15 | ‘ So you 're on a scholarship , then ? ’ |
| 16 | So if you 're on a diet , rather than focussing on deprivation you tell yourself , ‘ Every day I 'm getting fitter and healthier . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ While we 're on a run , it 's better to have him on the bench . |
| 18 | You 're on a winner with the DAILY MIRROR |
| 19 | The inventors reckon they 're on a winner . |
| 20 | Without their goodwill you 're on a hiding to nothing . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't use that title while we 're on a mission ! ’ |
| 22 | You know how it is on ferries — you get a bit disoriented , you never know if you 're on A deck or B deck , or which bit of the outside you 're getting to when you go through a door — the front , the stern , or the sides . |
| 23 | You 're on a charge ! |
| 24 | ‘ We 're on a space station , Francis , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 25 | You 're on a motorway . |
| 26 | They 're on a racetrack — a banked racetrack . |
| 27 | ROS : We 're on a boat . |
| 28 | You do n't have to worry about which way to go , or whether to go at all — the question does n't arise , because you 're on a boat , are n't you ? |
| 29 | GUIL : We 're on a boat . |
| 30 | I think if you 're on a roll you better go with the flow . |