Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Mid Essex Community Health Services Trust , due to come into being on April 1 , is proposing to dissolve after just one year and re-form as a combined trust with MEMHS next April . |
| 2 | Although she loved her work , never before had she wished to be on duty on a day off . |
| 3 | When designing your steps and choosing materials , do n't forget that some paving materials have a ‘ face ’ — a special textured or shaped finish , which is designed to be on show . |
| 4 | You do not need to be on income support to get a crisis loan but you must be able to show that it is the only means of preventing serious risk to you or your partner 's health and safety . |
| 5 | And then there 's the commercial challenge from Classic FM , which is expected to be on air in the autumn . |
| 6 | But the health watchdogs have countered that one person can not be expected to be on call all the time , and that person might also not be available . |
| 7 | From being a peripheral figure for most of my working life , I now had to adjust to being on centre stage . |
| 8 | Since registration , there have already been eight examinations , all of which were passed with flying colours , at all times , a company representative or deputy has to be on call ready to answer any questions . |
| 9 | ‘ Someone has to be on call . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But someone has to be on call , surely ? |
| 11 | Now , since somebody killed Albie , the smart money has to be on Richardson or Carmichael . |
| 12 | For competition to be fair and meaningful , either everybody has to be drug-free , or everybody has to be on drugs — which do we want ? |
| 13 | 2 The base line of the protractor has to be on top of the bottom edge of the angle . |
| 14 | The duty officer has to be on hand , not only to greet the pilots and passengers , but to make sure the plane gets refuelled and baggage is taken off into the airport . |
| 15 | My report has to be on Ken Hurren 's desk before theirs is on the Prime Minister 's screen . |
| 16 | The emphasis has to be on quality not quantity , otherwise the game will drift down a cul-de-sac of mediocrity . |
| 17 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 18 | How will I feel if Jonathan wants to be on TV when he grows up ? |
| 19 | ‘ So if anyone wants to be on television in America , they 'd better be at my party . ’ |
| 20 | That Ten happens to be on Friday night . |
| 21 | Minor misdemeanours can place her in a position of great vulnerability , subject to the whim of whoever happens to be on duty , and institutional life , by definition , is less flexible , less forgiving , than the ‘ normal family ’ home . |
| 22 | Instead , we are reminded that for every shining ‘ Eight Miles High ’ or raving ‘ Psychotic Reaction ’ , there were 20 million twee twats wheedling through wank called ‘ Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal ’ , and an infinity of squeaky-voiced college boys pretending to be on acid and singing garbage called ‘ Ego Trip ’ . |
| 23 | In fact only two pictures a still life by an eighteenth-century Italian Master and an interesting church interior deserved to be on show . |
| 24 | The the problem would appear to be on people like D K who are the main complainers , that unless it 's dead square , they 're complaining about it . |
| 25 | His estranged wife and two children lived nearby , they 're said to be on holiday at the moment . |
| 26 | The hottest programme now is said to be on missiles that would destroy their targets within the atmosphere but without using a nuclear warhead . |
| 27 | A chamber-pot is said to be on offer with Mozart on the outside and Salieri inside ; and in the bookshops , serious biographical and analytical works are well hidden under a catch-crop of sugary Mozart nostalgia . |
| 28 | They were all grins and seemed to be on top of the world . |
| 29 | At least , Sara was ostensibly pushing it , but Dr Kent 's hand seemed to be on top of hers , helping her to guide it along the passage between the rooms . |
| 30 | Maidstone had the best of the early exchanges but the Seasiders were under little real threat and seemed to be on course for at least a draw . |