Example sentences of "i [verb] be on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 2 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
| 3 | Well Boris Yeltsin this morning has said that he wants a veto over the use of nuclear weapons and about ninety percent of which I think are on Russian soil , that perhaps can be interpreted , additional safeguard to have another veto . |
| 4 | The piece I did is on one side , and on the other is a piece by The Kronos Quartet , called Different Trains . ’ |
| 5 | I had been on low-calorie diets and diets out of newspapers , but I just could not stick to them . |
| 6 | Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight . |
| 7 | I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane |
| 8 | Erm I like doing water colour painting and I 've been on two holidays down in Cornwall and I 've done that and that 's very relaxing erm and it seems , you seem to forget about everything else , and that 's quite good fun er but erm obviously if it rains all your , all your colours get washed away , but that 's good fun . |
| 9 | I 've been on automatic pilot for 25 years . |
| 10 | Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times . |
| 11 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 12 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 13 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been on thyroid tablets since 1939 , but they do n't affect me ’ |
| 15 | Although since I 've been on these tablets I can eat |
| 16 | I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane |
| 17 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |