Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when the opposition are right back on the defence or for free kicks . |
| 2 | There is something very disturbing about a benefit system which will prop up Mr Deaves until he gets back on his business feet , yet is reluctant to help people who are literally out on the streets . |
| 3 | If you make it a chore or a conflict you are already back on the vicious cycle . |
| 4 | And you think my parents are also in on the plot ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I started off the season feeling great and scoring goals , but now I 'm right back on the floor again . ’ |
| 6 | Bank Assistants can not afford to live on their current salaries and , as has been pointed out , a Bank assistant who also happens to be a bread winner would be better off on the Dole ! |
| 7 | They 'd probably be better off on the erm soft going tonight , but erm in the past few results erm it 's been evenly balanced Peter , you know , but every trap 's won in the last two or three meetings . |
| 8 | He soon comes into my old room cos he 's gon na be straight up on the bed , right . |
| 9 | I mean increasingly we see that we 're , we get more constables here more constables there , but they do n't ever appear to be actually out on the streets , and until we can get more men on the streets with the deterrent effect that their appearance has , let alone anything else , we are not gon na get much further . |
| 10 | Both are well up on the old 1.8 's 89hp and 101lbf ft , and ( even allowing for an extra 234kg/516lb of flab ) power/weight ratio has improved by 19% . |
| 11 | On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’ |
| 12 | When I got there they were already out on the beach sizing up the surf . |
| 13 | Some were already out on the lake , quiet and dabbling . |
| 14 | Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale . |
| 15 | To those who did agree to sell , but now find their acceptance forms are being returned to them , I can only hope that you are not too disappointed at being involuntarily back on the winning side ! |
| 16 | The tree frogs were far out on the branch now . |
| 17 | ‘ The Lorrimores ’ private car is unhitched … it 's somewhere back on the track , and the Canadian is coming . ’ |
| 18 | I think she 's on back on the right track as well with her . |
| 19 | But it 's basically down on the down on the first floor , we 've set aside a a room which erm the people from the Occupational Health Centre here in Harlow , come up and do vision screening for us on a regular basis they come when do they come ? |
| 20 | ‘ Dr. Stevie 's already out on the course . |
| 21 | ‘ He is a Queen 's Counsel so he is not out on the street . ’ |
| 22 | When he 's not out on the street , he 's in house talking , walking , explaining , consulting , listening and deciding . |
| 23 | The jury is still out on the Criminal Justice Act , even if it is swinging towards the negative rather than the positive . |
| 24 | My brother Dickon , he 's always out on the moor . |
| 25 | He 's still up on the roof then . |
| 26 | ‘ He was last year about now but Easter 's late , I had n't thought on , and he 'll not move down until Palm Sunday like as not , and if he 's still over on the mountain he 'll be up Three Valleys Pass and that 's an hour and a half of a walk for him , going as the crow flies , but longer for us in the jeep because there 's no direct road — and then to get at him we 'd have to take a cart track that 'll be more like a river bed after yesterday 's rain . |
| 27 | In a sense , the Jury 's still out on the Times cos you 'd have to look at it over say a three of four month period . |
| 28 | It 's nearly up on the fence ! |
| 29 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 30 | In 1988 women 's average gross hourly earnings represented 74.9 per cent of men 's earnings , which is slightly down on the peak of 75.5 per cent in 1977 but is an improvement on the 1985 figure of 73.9 per cent . |