Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | My final comment is that loadings on the Central Wales line seem fairly light at present , judging by the two or three times I have been on it lately . |
| 2 | It is sad when sisters and brothers who have been on good terms quarrel about who gets what , whether the reasons for wanting a particular item are commercial or sentimental . |
| 3 | Some people defend television by pointing out that , though children read less as they grow older , the actual number of books they read is on the increase . |
| 4 | Since a success with Corydoras panda I have been on the lookout for other species of catfish to work with so I gratefully headed home with my new charges . |
| 5 | Recently , however , two small-scale studies have been completed which take on board the perceptions and experiences of parents who have been on the receiving end of child protection interventions . |
| 6 | You see the individual patient 's dilemma , we 've got no problem with the loner who comes for individual psychoanalysis they have been on their own th there 's no problem there , but but what about the group analytic situation ? |
| 7 | ‘ Mostly , we find that Packman is being bought by larger , more safety-conscious farmers , especially where there is pressure from operators who have been on COSHH and FEPA courses . ’ |
| 8 | Jamaica alone has a hundred and five prisoners who 've been on death row for more than five years . |
| 9 | Every waking moment I 've been on the watch — ’ |
| 10 | Right , the general point I think is on cost and consultation . |
| 11 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 12 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 13 | But even for him there 's a thrill playing with bands who 've been on top for quarter of a century |
| 14 | We there 's Don and myself two individuals who have been on the course for incident training with Fire Brigade . |
| 15 | Over recent years there have been on average over 100 children per year injured in accidents whilst on journeys to or from school ( see Table 28 ) . |
| 16 | Pray for the young people from QP who have been on mission or camp this summer . |
| 17 | P. H. I 've been on the street when helmets have gone flying . |
| 18 | ‘ We have a very large number of people who 've been on our books for between a year and 18 months and they are quality staff , people who would have been snapped up within 10 days , three years ago . ’ |
| 19 | They 've got people who 've been on it for years and years . |
| 20 | It is now recognized that people who have been on weight-reducing diets subsequently have a lower calorie requirement than they previously had . |
| 21 | That would allow a tremendous movement of people from under-utilised accommodation to smaller accommodation and would allow many people who have been on the waiting list for council houses for many years to be moved into smaller accommodation . |
| 22 | should be sitting down with staff who 've been on courses . |
| 23 | All this week we 've been on expedition with the British team as they tackle the Camel Trophy through Brazil and Guyana . |
| 24 | In conclusion , I feel that the basic things which happen to the boys on the island would apply to girls also but would come about in a way both more slow and less physically violent , yet I have an idea that the scars left on the minds of girls who have been on an island together in Lord of the Flies circumstances may well be deeper and longer-lasting than those of boys in the same situation . |
| 25 | The General Secretary mentions some of them in his Report , and I do not apologize for mentioning it again , they 're fighting back at Timex , they 're fighting back at Burnsall , in my own region at Crawley we 've twenty members who 've been on strike for the last sixteen and a half weeks . |
| 26 | Members who have been on the Public Accounts Committee , as I have , will know all about virement , which is not a recondite issue but a practical one . |
| 27 | I think it 's possibly the thirteenth consecutive year I 've been on the committee and for the first time I 've managed to be elected . |
| 28 | There is in fact such a car outside , but the siren I hear is on my son 's hi-fi in the next room . |
| 29 | Users of the ‘ Pentium-ready ’ personal computer systems which have been on sale since the middle of last year — Intel Corp 80486-based boxes with a Pentium upgrade socket — wo n't get their OverDrive Pentiums , code-named the P24T , which plugs into the socket , until next year ( UX No 424 ) . |
| 30 | Babies born to women who smoke are on average 200 grams lighter than babies born to comparable non-smoking mothers . |