Example sentences of "[verb] it [is] on [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side .
2 ‘ I expect it is on its way , ’ said the Thing calmly .
3 say it 's on its way , it 's on its way !
4 Gwendoline , I think , look it 's on her leg .
5 So if he phones up I can say , you know it 's on its way as it were .
6 It 's an old established set-up , but I reckon it 's on its last legs now .
7 What I recommend you , you look at , I do n't think it 's on your reading list , no it 's not , it 's not on your reading list , but there are copies of it in the library .
8 ‘ You mean it 's on its way and no one 's driving it ? ’
9 He has yet to receive his cheque but has received a letter from BR 's legal department to say it is on its way .
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