Example sentences of "[be] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're the only two guests , so if you 're on separate floors it means you 've each got your own bathroom .
2 Just while we 're on that subject .
3 yours truly did a bit of negotiation on that this week but more of that later maybe when we have er we have n't got any A O B's so while we 're on that subject
4 You know once you 're on that system you 've got to have a light one and a heavy one
5 see till Sunday night they 're on that bus apart from the crossing
6 and they 're on that side .
7 on the other side of the sun and the moon 's on that side and we 're on that side we 're in the light .
8 Er but there are of course h n while we 're on that point there are , I 'm afraid , there are s people who take advantage of Marks and Spencers , erm because they know there 's going to be no problem about having goods exchanged so what they do , they buy something from Marks and Spencers wear it on one evening for , for a party or special occasion
9 I sha n't draw breath or stop fidgeting until we 're on that train to Glenfarg …
10 Wh while you 're on that madam chairman , I 've had two persons er contact me as regarding , you know playing field and er it 's a no go for dogs is n't it , and th and we therefore the people have mentioned they had to go down the side of the playing field onto the onto the old , and er have we an obligation to er to pave not pave it but er make it , it 's a very steep bank , a very steep old ladies dare n't go down , and they know they 're breaking the law by taking the dog in the in the er recreation ground , and I just wondered whether we had an obligation to er .
11 S. H. When you join the job , you 're on two years ’ probation .
12 You 're on one side of the road , and the child 's on the other .
13 No we 're on one side B.
14 Until today only season ticket- and voucher-holders could apply for tickets for Monday 's Play-Off Final against Leicester , but now they 're on general sale .
15 thin ground I think you 're on dangerous grounds adjusting the formulations are n't you without
16 First of all , we 're on first name terms here .
17 Now we 're on mutual ground . ’
18 You 're on various bits and bobs , and you 're also on the cream .
19 We 've had erm I would n't say a fall out but er we 're on frosty terms to say the least .
20 Yeah , they are now , but they 're on ten percent
21 They 're on half term .
22 We 're exactly the same age , and have similar backgrounds , so we 're on common ground from the start .
23 erm employed people have a regular activity erm on a daily basis , and that activity is carried out with a time structure , so that the hours of the day are different from each other , the days of the week are marked out as being different from each other , the weeks are marked out by being different from each other as well , and also you 're situated in time in a different way — you 're on some sort of career , you can see some way in which your life is progressing .
24 You 're on active assignment , Manville .
25 er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room .
26 Second year you 're on another assignment anyway so it does n't make no repeat .
27 Excuse me , we 're on another subject , but I will put you in the clear
28 Like , you can tell people who are , like , geniuses , you can almost tell to look at them , they 're on another planet .
29 ‘ Tell him we 're on another planet . ’
30 ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’
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