Example sentences of "[be] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's almost impossible to tail a bike in London unless you 're on a bike yourself , and that 's a definite if it 's rush-hour . |
| 2 | I think having a car you do make more unnecessary journeys — when you 're on a bike or public transport you really have to plan well ahead . |
| 3 | Without their goodwill you 're on a hiding to nothing . |
| 4 | They 're on a hiding to nothing bless them and er th I mean Kenny is no different to any other manager in the premier league , er they 're all spending a lot of money in the hopes that they can buy their way to success . |
| 5 | If you 're on a motorway , look for the marker arrows and follow them . |
| 6 | You 're on a motorway . |
| 7 | if you 're on a motorway at seventy |
| 8 | if you 're on , if you 're on a motorway or a carriageway , right |
| 9 | If you 're on a motorway it 's , it 's maybe it 's before you , every mile on a motorway there is an S O S phone box okay ? |
| 10 | If it was , for instance , Peregrine , which south of Pes Preston , certainly in my area , will grow quite well on a wall outside , then I think you 'll get away with netting but I think without knowing whether it 's an indoor peach or an outdoor peach , you 're on a bit of a loser . |
| 11 | That 's the only way that any I believe anybody even when they 're on a salary . |
| 12 | They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices . |
| 13 | You 're on a winner with the DAILY MIRROR |
| 14 | The inventors reckon they 're on a winner . |
| 15 | then you you you 're on a winner . |
| 16 | I think if you 're on a roll you better go with the flow . |
| 17 | ‘ Hey , Matt , ’ I say to him , ‘ We 're on a roll , let's go with the flow ’ , and he nods like some old prophet in The Ten Commandments . |
| 18 | Tomorrow , Oxfordshire 's , Debbie Stock and Janet Goodman hope to make the side against Ireland who 're on a roll after beating Denmark in Oxford earlier this week . |
| 19 | You 're on a roll . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on in your head , but I 'm telling you now , if you have any ideas in that direction , you 're on a loser . ’ |
| 21 | If you 're on a sailing or windsurf holiday you may still book without a supplement if you 're willing to share with someone on the same holiday . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're on a space station , Francis , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 23 | You 're on a wrong'n . |
| 24 | Right , well you 're on a bearing of forty five degrees from me , right ? |
| 25 | You 're on a bearing forty five degrees , so . |
| 26 | I take the bearing from me , you 're on a bearing of forty five degrees , now , you take a bearing on me , and tell me where I am . |
| 27 | We 're on a beach . |
| 28 | ‘ While we 're on a run , it 's better to have him on the bench . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're on a kind of treadmill . |
| 30 | You know how it is on ferries — you get a bit disoriented , you never know if you 're on A deck or B deck , or which bit of the outside you 're getting to when you go through a door — the front , the stern , or the sides . |