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

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1 they 're on every night Friday , er , erm , er Monday to Friday five o'clock
2 It 's almost impossible to tail a bike in London unless you 're on a bike yourself , and that 's a definite if it 's rush-hour .
3 I think having a car you do make more unnecessary journeys — when you 're on a bike or public transport you really have to plan well ahead .
4 Without their goodwill you 're on a hiding to nothing .
5 They 're on a hiding to nothing bless them and er th I mean Kenny is no different to any other manager in the premier league , er they 're all spending a lot of money in the hopes that they can buy their way to success .
6 If you 're on a motorway , look for the marker arrows and follow them .
7 You 're on a motorway .
8 if you 're on a motorway at seventy
9 if you 're on , if you 're on a motorway or a carriageway , right
10 If you 're on a motorway it 's , it 's maybe it 's before you , every mile on a motorway there is an S O S phone box okay ?
11 If it was , for instance , Peregrine , which south of Pes Preston , certainly in my area , will grow quite well on a wall outside , then I think you 'll get away with netting but I think without knowing whether it 's an indoor peach or an outdoor peach , you 're on a bit of a loser .
12 That 's the only way that any I believe anybody even when they 're on a salary .
13 They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices .
14 You 're on a winner with the DAILY MIRROR
15 The inventors reckon they 're on a winner .
16 then you you you 're on a winner .
17 I think if you 're on a roll you better go with the flow .
18 ‘ Hey , Matt , ’ I say to him , ‘ We 're on a roll , let's go with the flow ’ , and he nods like some old prophet in The Ten Commandments .
19 Tomorrow , Oxfordshire 's , Debbie Stock and Janet Goodman hope to make the side against Ireland who 're on a roll after beating Denmark in Oxford earlier this week .
20 You 're on a roll .
21 ‘ I do n't know what 's going on in your head , but I 'm telling you now , if you have any ideas in that direction , you 're on a loser . ’
22 If you 're on a sailing or windsurf holiday you may still book without a supplement if you 're willing to share with someone on the same holiday .
23 ‘ We 're on a space station , Francis , ’ the Doctor said .
24 You 're on a wrong'n .
25 Right , well you 're on a bearing of forty five degrees from me , right ?
26 You 're on a bearing forty five degrees , so .
27 I take the bearing from me , you 're on a bearing of forty five degrees , now , you take a bearing on me , and tell me where I am .
28 We 're on a beach .
29 ‘ While we 're on a run , it 's better to have him on the bench .
30 ‘ You 're on a kind of treadmill .
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