Example sentences of "[prep] [be] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or has it got ta be on this line here ? |
| 2 | ‘ I will never forget Bill Mackowiack , my ball turret gunner , who did n't have to be on that mission with me . |
| 3 | Sometimes I do n't want to be on that stage . |
| 4 | Oliver said : ‘ You knew her well enough to be on that boat with her . ’ |
| 5 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |
| 6 | In creating the conservation plan the Trust 's initial purpose was not to create a special reserve for rare species , but rather a haven for the common things of Nature which ought to be on any farm — meadow and hedgerow flowers and grasses , butterflies , dragonflies , lizards , frogs , newts , hedgerows and owls . |
| 7 | I would of thought it was more likely to be on this floor |
| 8 | So it proved to be on this occasion . |
| 9 | It 's just so great to be on this beach at last ’ — Ffyona Campbell at Tangier after completing her walk the length of Africa . |
| 10 | ‘ God sent all artists here because it can be such a drag to be on this planet , ’ said the star . |
| 11 | Ships did not often come down this coast , and I said to myself , ‘ I 'm going to be on this island for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration . |
| 13 | Did it have to be on this evening that Kate , that notorious hedgerow flirt , should have come in early to steal his mission of mercy and love ? |
| 14 | It 's just those few , committed capitalists that see profits as the only , the only motive to be on this earth , that seem to be , was was they seem to have the influence in this in this country , and and like er , I 'm I 'm hoping that this er , er British Government objection to the Court of Justice does fail , as as is er suggested it may do , erm , and let's let's hope it does , and let's hope that we get this er , implemented . |
| 15 | And the focus of the new interest was not to be on those sectors originally envisaged as targets , but on the unlikely and controversial issue of defence . |
| 16 | I wan na be on this course findin' out . |
| 17 | So what 's gon na be on this stall then ? |
| 18 | So you 've got quite a lot of time Now , there 's some spare ones of these on the front as well When you get this scr scrub out item number eleven which is on the back because these are the notes that w went out for the social psychology exam And I would be you 'd be in a little bit of trouble if you revised wh influences of text ha b li had literature had on our lives , discuss three books , cos it ai n't gon na be on this paper |