Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Match of the day , action replay it 's on Scotsport . |
| 2 | The inventors reckon they 're on a winner . |
| 3 | TORTURERS BELIEVE THEY ARE ON A TRANSCENDENTAL MISSION TO DEFEND THE STATE . |
| 4 | JUST WHAT does your so-called correspondent Ian Cheek think he 's on ? |
| 5 | JUST WHAT does your so-called correspondent Ian Cheek think he 's on ? |
| 6 | But the figures show we are on the right track . ’ |
| 7 | Oh , well , I 'll keep it in mind when I get the lights then I 'll come and pick the colour see what 's on offer |
| 8 | ‘ I have a position to keep up , sonny , and I do it by leaving little messages so that people know I 'm on top of the situation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The difficulty is that the bacteria is notorious for changing itself and every time scientists think they are on the verge of a development the bacteria becomes resistant . |
| 11 | Richards , a 33-year-old Highgate estate agent , faces the former All Black captain in a Hertfordshire field where mighty Northampton know they are on hiding to nothing . |
| 12 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 13 | Miniature winter wonderland : the Playboard Puppets ' Spoon family and Egbert Ugly sister 's secrets Holiday what 's on .. |
| 14 | With John Ingram we are on firmer ground . |
| 15 | There 's no panic , because Gloucester know they 're on the right track and tomorrow at Kingsholm , West Hartlepool will probably find themselves rail roaded . |