Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , then what on earth does he want to be on the phone for that length of time for . |
| 2 | He chanced to be on the Eddystone on the night of 26th November , 1703 , when the Great Storm , as recorded by Defoe , possibly the worst ever to lash this country , struck the South coast . |
| 3 | He agreed to be on site for the first weekend , while Dave would be present during the week and for the second weekend . |
| 4 | In court he has to be on the alert every moment and is watched by a highly trained expert on the other side who pounces upon his slightest mistake . |
| 5 | The deep-seated feeling that man 's nature is essentially structured to survive nomadically and that he needs to be on the move in some way if he is to be satisfied , is complemented by the mystics ' witness that true human fulfilment is the concomitant of what is experienced as a spiritual journey to a goal beyond time that is occasionally anticipated and known in time , the element within which our curiously mixed physical and spiritual natures cohere and mature . |
| 6 | He seemed to be on good terms with the people behind the bar . |
| 7 | Would he like to be on the trip ? |
| 8 | This must make him an ideal employer for Mrs Brocklebank whom he reckoned to be on the lazy side . |
| 9 | The finance minister , Mr Tatsuo Murayama , did not go to the G-1 meeting in Washington last week because he needed to be on hand in Tokyo in case the scandal blew up . |
| 10 | As head of Section D , he needed to be on call twenty-four hours a day and besides the normal phone had a secure line routed directly to his office . |
| 11 | They drank the Coca-Cola and Timothy consumed the Worthington E , saying it was just what he needed after being on the sauce the night before . |
| 12 | He seems to be on talking terms with the creator and is able to gain permission to tempt Job in a number of horrible ways . |
| 13 | In the second-half he appeared to be on a mental walkabout , at one point kicking direct into touch from a free-kick , forgetting that he would get no territorial gain . |
| 14 | He had to be on three hundred and fifty a week minimum , surely ? |
| 15 | his music thing has n't he ? , he likes music he likes to be on his own , ooh that nails sticking in if you trim your nails properly |
| 16 | At the end , he wanted to be on his own , so he 'd encourage her to go out on her own and go loony with me . |