Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an oscillation between light and darkness but no particular moment of time when day becomes night or night day ; as I walk across the landscape I may sometimes be on a hill top and sometimes in a valley bottom but at no point does the surface of the earth come to an end . |
| 2 | She was about to extend an invitation when their visitor said , ‘ I must soon be on my way . |
| 3 | One was that all people knew about me was that I was making trouble about the caravan site and a lot of them assumed that because it was at the bottom of my own garden , I must naturally be on ‘ their side ’ , whatever my political colour : that is , I wanted the site disbanded . |
| 4 | I must always be on my guard . |
| 5 | Just nerves ; I 'm a weepy female and I should probably be on valium , but fuck it , I 'm riding it out , you know ? |
| 6 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm on your side , I 'll always be on your side . |
| 8 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
| 9 | He thought I 'd soon be on my way back to England , you see . |
| 10 | ‘ Now my job 's up north , or I would n't be on this train now . |
| 11 | No , I would n't be on the committee , no , cos I could never guarantee he 'll be home . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew I would still be on the road . |
| 13 | ‘ I shall still be on these drugs for some time yet . |
| 14 | Looks like I wo n't be on Wogan on Monday . |
| 15 | ‘ For the first three weeks or so , I wo n't be on The Word much , ’ Mark explains , casually kicking his feet up on to his agent 's gleaming mahogany desk . |
| 16 | Erm , I hope I have n't disturbed you , but I wo n't be on the phone long . |
| 17 | disturbed you but I wo n't be on the phone long cos I er , my name is Bill and I work with a firm called for Windows . |
| 18 | These spaces will overwrite any characters which may already be on the screen . |
| 19 | This gives us a second combination of interest and income ( 10% and £40m. ) which must also be on the IS curve . |
| 20 | We were n't getting er traffic which would otherwise be on the western relief road going along the southern bypass and then round the northern bypass to get back to the A sixty one . |
| 21 | Funerals are very special occasions in the Dales , when people who may not be on the friendliest of terms would forget their differences for a while and come and pay their respects . |
| 22 | Fed up with the snail-like pace , the market yesterday began to entertain the possibility that the group itself may now be on the block . |
| 23 | Yes , you must certainly be on the staff of the bank . |
| 24 | You should n't be on your own . ’ |
| 25 | You should always be on the lookout for the markings which can be transformed to suit your own ends . |
| 26 | You should always be on the look out for extra long pentatonic licks that move horizontally along the fretboard , weaving right through and linking up two or more of the five pentatonic positions . |
| 27 | Dawn 's words re-echoed in her mind , in spite of the fact that Robert had derided them so vehemently , and she felt that she must always be on her guard . |
| 28 | If you were able to have an extra space at your table on Christmas Day for someone who might otherwise be on their own that really would be celebrating Christmas ! |
| 29 | If there was a space she might even be on time . |
| 30 | And , er , what 's the likelihood you 'll still be on the picket line a year on ? |