Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merchandising wholesalers will be approached by HC next , though discussions with them are likely to focus on the level of returns . |
| 2 | This is so that they are easy to find on the large boxes . |
| 3 | Applicants , providing that they are eligible to enrol on the programmes , may gain credits in respect of recognised qualifications and/or prior learning . |
| 4 | The village chiefs ask their people if they are willing to work on the water projects , and once agreed a project committee is set up carrying the authority of all involved . |
| 5 | With oil and gas exports , the objective is to get foreign currency with which foreign goods can be purchased and the domestic economy 's energy requirements are organised so that they are able to manage on the fuel which is left . |
| 6 | They are one wheel lighter than two-wheeled carts , and more manoeuvrable since they are able to turn on the spot and negotiate narrow gaps on rocky ground . |
| 7 | But they are prepared to act on the political stage according to a script which permits pragmatic compromise up to the point where further compromise would endanger the fundamental evangelical principles of the background . |
| 8 | and let's hope they 're all looking on the bright side of life for this week 's coca cola cup games … now there was a time when Gloucester rugby would always give us a cheer … but they 're down in the dumps too … |
| 9 | You you see the important thing is that that contract has to be done in front of the and so does the copy , so does the cheque so they 're all done on the spot . |
| 10 | They were all grafted on and they 're all growing on the same tree . |
| 11 | Why in in that case do you think that Sir Nicholas and he he he 's not stupid , I mean he 's a career politician , he 's come out and said this his wife has said that they 're both smiling on the front page of the newspaper at the moment and they go on to say it 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind . |
| 12 | The thing is , they 're likely to come on the market quite soon . |
| 13 | They were all situated on the dock and the is now what they call the |
| 14 | There was no official photographer , and before tea they were all assembled on the front steps , and she was allowed her moment . |
| 15 | Among them were men from Dulé 's people — five of this first shipment of slaves ; they were all to work on the new sugar plantation ; to stake out canefields in the rainforest . |
| 16 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
| 17 | Foxy was saying how they were all standing on the balcony saying that she really ought n't to wear those shorts cos she 's got such thunder thighs . |
| 18 | They were all sat on the floor of one of the sparsely-furnished bedrooms , the curtains drawn , watching East Enders on a black-and-white telly , and they were eating Greek yoghurt out of a communal family-sized Sainsbury 's tub . |
| 19 | He said ooh , he said there was some American students here last week and they were all swimming in there and the man came along with this thing and they bo they were all sat on the middle lo middle of there with their feet dangling in the water splashing away , he said I was dragging this down and this six footer came out , I said , and then they were he said , you 've never seen anybody run so fast in your life like they go |
| 20 | They were all sitting on the stone terrace at the back of the house when she opened the garden gate and started up the path . |
| 21 | But even at this early stage they were unable to agree on the primary objectives of a scheme of family allowances ( NUSEC , 1918 ) . |
| 22 | For seven percent there were no limitations on what they were able to do on the farm but for the rest there were one or more limiting factors . |
| 23 | But while the legislators were vying with each other to amend insolvency laws which all were agreed were far from fair or just , in 1842 they were able to agree on the need to do away with the notorious symbol of that unfairness and injustice , the Fleet Prison . |
| 24 | They were eager to capitalise on the partial Americanisation of British business and the acceptance in many quarters of American management approaches and techniques ; they also closely followed and matched the globalisation strategy of their major multinational clients . |
| 25 | They were ready to move on the appointed day and , at the end of the summer , they would begin the trek back to the village on their own , as soon as they smelt the smoke of the bonfires in which the thatch and the bedding from the shielings were destroyed , for reasons which today we might classify as ‘ environmental health ’ , but which , to the young folk of the shieling , was almost a ritual . |