Example sentences of "[verb] she [is] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 2 | I do n't think she 's on here , we only had |
| 3 | Grandma used to always say , Oh I know she 's on the bus because I can see her here . |
| 4 | But when the time comes to leave , she ca n't help going in a showbiz way , negotiating the steps of the Ritz in her towering leopard-skin stilettos like she 's on the set of a Busby Berkeley musical . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She standing right there and that means , that means she 's on the way . . |
| 7 | I still think she 's on this floor . |
| 8 | I think she 's on the point of kicking up another fuss , when one of the Hospitality team slips in with cakes and glasses of lemon tea . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's on the check-out in one of the supermarkets but I think she 's on holiday this week . ’ |
| 10 | Oh no I think she 's on |
| 11 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 12 | Margaret befriends some of the workers and shows compassion for their sufferings , but when the crunch comes she is on the side of the master . |
| 13 | Now in exile , Sister Guadalupe recently returned to El Salvador on a brief visit , although she knows she is on many paramilitary death lists . |