Example sentences of "you [be] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Yes , you are on another planet .
2 If you are on half pitch , the prongs come up against the ribber sinker posts , so ca n't move in so far .
3 See where you are on this chart .
4 See where you are on this chart .
5 See where you are on this chart .
6 First you are on this case , then you are off .
7 Is it strange going thousands of miles away to Australia and finding out that you 're as known there as you are on this island ?
8 You know once you 're on that system you 've got to have a light one and a heavy one
9 Wh while you 're on that madam chairman , I 've had two persons er contact me as regarding , you know playing field and er it 's a no go for dogs is n't it , and th and we therefore the people have mentioned they had to go down the side of the playing field onto the onto the old , and er have we an obligation to er to pave not pave it but er make it , it 's a very steep bank , a very steep old ladies dare n't go down , and they know they 're breaking the law by taking the dog in the in the er recreation ground , and I just wondered whether we had an obligation to er .
10 erm employed people have a regular activity erm on a daily basis , and that activity is carried out with a time structure , so that the hours of the day are different from each other , the days of the week are marked out as being different from each other , the weeks are marked out by being different from each other as well , and also you 're situated in time in a different way — you 're on some sort of career , you can see some way in which your life is progressing .
11 er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room .
12 Second year you 're on another assignment anyway so it does n't make no repeat .
13 It 's if you 're on enough books to be able to get supply for every day , if you do n't mind just flitting around .
14 I did explain to her that you were on this case — ‘
15 You be on that train , ’ said Melissa .
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