Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [is] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm is almost to go back so that I do n't know who 's on the course but Jayne 's course for example , |
| 2 | do n't know who 's on this week , the Baron Knights were on a fortnight ago were n't they ? |
| 3 | Like , right now I want to know who 's on the street , what 's going on . |
| 4 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 5 | The applicant can contact the Housing Executive or the grant officer to discover who is on the list . |
| 6 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 7 | ‘ How do you know it 's on now ? ’ she asked carefully , and Ana turned over comfortably , smiling to herself . |
| 8 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 9 | No idea just see expect it 's on the notices or send a . |
| 10 | I do n't know where your plectrum is , I expect it 's on the floor somewhere waiting for my hoover to get it ! |
| 11 | ‘ I expect it is on its way , ’ said the Thing calmly . |
| 12 | say it 's on its way , it 's on its way ! |
| 13 | ‘ Such a bore to find he 's on duty . ’ |
| 14 | Unless they say he 's on the bottle . |
| 15 | As a little afterthought , if anyone one would like to know what is on my Christmas list — please tell that Mummy would like a LIE-IN ! |
| 16 | We do n't know what 's on the other side , if anything . |
| 17 | Right , things we 'd like to see in psychology Is there any I mean any the trouble is you do n't know what 's on the menu so it 's hard to but I mean what sort what sort of things would you like to have seen from pr what you have a ? |
| 18 | I know you have done a C C Q on yourself and we 've looked at each page in detail but I think until you actually do it yourself and maybe write little prompts to let you know what 's on the next page so you can signpost it most effectively to move round the C C Q as opposed to you dri er as opposed to it driving you , you can drive it , but that should be done in the fullness of time but I do recommend you do it before you actually do your first full appointment cos it might pay you . |
| 19 | Do you know what 's on the |
| 20 | You do n't know what 's on channel one do you , at the moment ? |
| 21 | I 'm just a all tuned in but I do n't know what 's on one . |
| 22 | How do they know what 's on the tape ? |
| 23 | D' ya know what 's on the T V tonight ? |
| 24 | They do n't know what is on their own doorsteps . ’ |
| 25 | Job fairs are usually very lively and informal , and you can roam at leisure , surveying what is on offer and gathering literature on jobs you might not have considered in the everyday run of things . |
| 26 | It depends who 's on duty , the order we go in . ’ |
| 27 | I 'VE heard of prisoners going on the run to prove their innocence , but here 's a prisoner who says he 's on the run to prove his GUILT . |
| 28 | The singer Frankie Vaughan says he 's on the mend , but lucky to be alive after a two-hour emergency operation . |
| 29 | Pausanias says he is on the god 's left , and I conclude that he is using the words from the spectator 's point of view , as I believe he does in his account of Polygnotos 's paintings at Delphi . |
| 30 | Yes it says it 's on stamp albums . |