Example sentences of "am on [art] " in BNC.

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1 I am on a swing in a small park with my brother .
2 In August I had a job , now I am on a shortlist .
3 I am on a beach , clean white sand , soft under my bare feet .
4 I am on a , ’ her pause was not due to a transmission fault , ‘ fact-finding tour of the outlying regions , and took the opportunity to contact you directly .
5 I admit that I was not on the Committee and that I am on a steeply rising part of the learning curve , but I shall reach the asymptote fairly soon .
6 That 's it yes ah I 'm connected with you I am on a cerebral plane connected with you our brains our interlinked you reach down you pick up the phone and you ring now .
7 By the time I am back in the tent I am on the borderline , cold enough to wake Tony with disjointed movements .
8 Probably when I am on the bus I am sitting in someone 's special place .
9 I suppose I am plump — according to the ‘ Height and Weight ’ charts I am on the heavy side of OK , but my weight has stayed the same since I was fourteen , so I know it 's not true that I 'm overeating , or greedy .
10 And during this time I am on the monitor studying the whole thing so that we can make our plans and adjustments for our filming with the real orchestra .
11 I am on the side of the one who 's going to be killed . ’
12 The first brimstone of the year is a messenger of spring , and from then onwards I am on the look-out until the very last peacock in October .
13 The outfits are also useful for training ; when I am on the back straight at West London , Ron can see what I 'm doing quite clearly , especially on the video afterwards .
14 Now I am on the tower 's battlements , which are square .
15 I voted Tory not because I want to earn lots of money ( I am on the dole ) , but precisely because I object to the facile cynicism as witnessed above .
16 I am on the radical wing of the ‘ leave-them-alone ’ camp and spurn the US Army research which proved that 80 percent of carefully burst blisters reattach to the skin over time .
17 I am on the conain ( What ? — Ed ) and feeling sweet .
18 Too late in the day because all the hotels are full and I end up tramping round in the dark , lugging my pack and money ( cash , a great wad of hard currency ) , nervous of the hatchet-faced youths who watch me meandering round , concentrating so intently on making it look as though I know exactly where I 'm heading that I soon have no idea where I am on the mapless streets of Algiers .
19 Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description .
20 I am on the side of the angels — that 's what you wanted to be reassured about ? ’
21 Even though I am on the Pill .
22 There I am on the neatly mown grass that says Keep Off Grass with the pigeon pinned under my armpit trying to bend its neck double and it smacking me in the face with one wing , when all of a sudden there 's this : ‘ Oi ! ’
23 " Well , I 'm not a detective , but I am on the side of the law .
24 I am truly scared I am on the scrap-heap — and it HURTS .
25 I am on the bus for Fifty-five minutes and the journey begins to get quite boring .
26 Rainbow , slower than I am on the uptake , inches away from Anya , and looks appalled .
27 When I am on the Government side of the House it will be my turn to answer questions .
28 So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it .
29 ‘ I am on the third row , third from the right .
30 I HAD to retire early after several operations but because I am on an invalidity pension , and not income support , I do not get mortgage , rent , poll tax , dental or any other sort of relief .
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