Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] is on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The applicant can contact the Housing Executive or the grant officer to discover who is on the list . |
| 3 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect it is on its way , ’ said the Thing calmly . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | They do n't know what is on their own doorsteps . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The company produced 29,224 ounces of gold at an average grade of between 2.5 and 2.8 grammes per tonne , and says it is on course to mine 70,000 ounces during the whole of 1989 . |
| 11 | Well that 's what it says it is on the erm on the outside . |
| 12 | For instance , a pupil with hemianopia or a diminished visual field may have to sit at an angle rather than square to the blackboard in order to use remaining vision usefully to discriminate what is on it . |
| 13 | ( Check the table plan in advance to see who is on the back table or tables . ) |
| 14 | It provides a certainty that God exists which is on a par with the sort of certainty we claim from our sense-experience . |
| 15 | Place to hear it is on the highway . |
| 16 | She realises he is on the slippery slope towards a life of crime . ’ |
| 17 | The alternative for a manager if he does not like what is on offer in his present job is to move to a different one . |
| 18 | And finally , it provides enhanced security because passers-by ca n't see what is on the screen . |
| 19 | She said , ‘ May — may I see what is on the easel ? ’ |
| 20 | This mass of people , all dressed in their Sunday best , bedecked with badges and brass , hovers like a human shield , while the Royal in question inspects whatever is on show , shakes a few select hands and exchanges benign pleasantries , before being whisked away in a grand black limousine . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not believe what is on your LAWN ! ’ |
| 22 | What is likely to strike us , however , is the compliment that Pound pays us ; his courteous confidence in our disinterestedness , our patience and eagerness , and our capacity to experience what is on the page before us , whether in French or English , without needing to have him constantly at our elbows , nudging us and crying , ‘ Ca n't you see ? ’ |
| 23 | I want you all to get out your exercise books and copy what is on the board … ’ |
| 24 | The best place to keep them is on your feet . ’ ’ |
| 25 | At position 1 a determiner , det , is found which is on the right hand side of rule ( r2 ) . |
| 26 | They feel he is on their side which is like a breath of fresh air in this game for most of us have known to our cost that there are many jockeys who do n't always give their 100pc — especially when our money is down . |
| 27 | Any state is described by saying what is on what . |
| 28 | The usual dog-legs associated with a bomber raid were inserted into the route to give a false impression of the ultimate destination , and the Mosquito Light Night Striking Force carried out spoof attacks on either side of the main track with " Window " attacks and actually dropping T IS on probable targets along the route . |
| 29 | Second , that any official who ignores them is on dangerous ground . |
| 30 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |