Example sentences of "you [vb base] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | You hate being on social benefits . |
| 2 | Then Gedanken said , ‘ Uncle , if you like being on your own a lot , why do you put up with me ? |
| 3 | he said in all that , we got two he said the other one cut itself badly this morning on er a piece of glass obvious he said managed to come back to me you know being on a lead all his leg was cut so he sort of been down to the vet and had two stitches |
| 4 | You know , it probably sounds weird , but after you 've been on the road all that time , you kind of forget whether you 're any good or not . |
| 5 | You 'd likely have been sorry if you had n't , 'cos you 've been on the verge of snapping . |
| 6 | Then she said , ‘ You 've been on nights too long . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been on the radio again . ’ |
| 8 | You 've been on the move again , have n't you . |
| 9 | I 'll tell the tax people about how you 've been on the fiddle all these years over your freelance earnings and I 've got those photos of you . |
| 10 | You mentioned Stanford Hall then and you 've been on courses at Stanford |
| 11 | that you could then discuss in an appraisal what level , and you would have the record system to actually say , Well you 've been on you know , the employment officers who went on that marketing course , |
| 12 | Rain said : ‘ But you 've been on his yacht , have n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | You 've been on your feet all evening . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And you 've been on the go , no doubt , ever since . ’ |
| 15 | Because of the situations , some of the ones you 've been on here , have got quite a consider considerable implications . |
| 16 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been on the run before ? ’ |
| 18 | You 've been on the swing ? |
| 19 | You 've been on the miniature railway . |
| 20 | Aye , she says I 'm feeling sick , well that 's er all your if your head is what you call it when you feel awful , you know I say if you 've been on the , on the drink you know when you get up and your head ooh , well that sets your stomach off , so his trouble 's coming from his head , on his stomach |
| 21 | So after you 've finished training , you 're going down to the library , yes , to look up the names of the people luve in Street , and once you 've been on that appointment you 've got to go back to the branch and you 're gon na do your mail shots whatever you 're gon na do , put it in there . |
| 22 | And this is when you 've been on the receiving end of it . |
| 23 | mhm When you first started , though , Eva Barnes , you 're the deputy leader of the Labour group now , you 've been on the Council for how long ? |
| 24 | er You 've been on the picket line for ten months now , Anna , er how is the mood going , 'cos it 's a very , very long time ? |
| 25 | For example , imagine the situation where you have been on a strict , very low calorie diet for a month or so . |
| 26 | to my son , You have been on the phone again . |
| 27 | ‘ I wish I 'd been involved with his case two or three years ago , ’ says Mr Stafford Smith , ‘ because the best shot you have is on direct appeal . |
| 28 | Everything you need is on one level . |