Example sentences of "i [modal v] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | BY the time you read this , I may be on my knees , along with millions of other Christian people , at the Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday . |
| 2 | And I must be on top to let him take the full force of the impact . |
| 3 | I must be on my way . " |
| 4 | " Well , I must be on my way . |
| 5 | Now , I must be on my way . |
| 6 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 7 | I should be on a golf course really ! |
| 8 | I should be on five . |
| 9 | Sometimes I cough , as if I might be on the verge of tears . |
| 10 | Were you worried that I might be on the verge of getting married , too ? |
| 11 | I was n't nervous , but I might be on the night . |
| 12 | Only a little tiddy bit , I might be on a diet you try and get rid of it ? |
| 13 | I might be on shift work . |
| 14 | ‘ I reckon you need your beauty sleep , so I 'll be on my way . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be on my way now . |
| 16 | I 'll be on your inside . ’ |
| 17 | If I do n't see their names in the overnight declarations on Friday afternoon , I 'll be on the blower to the News of the World before you can say ‘ flagellation ’ , right ? |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll be on it next year . |
| 19 | So I 'll be on my way . ’ |
| 20 | Now I 'll be on my way . |
| 21 | This time I 'll be on the CHRIS PARKER show ! ’ |
| 22 | And he repeated , for the benefit of the sheep , the goats , the swallows , the boats , the clouds , ‘ God Save the King , ’ adding , ‘ I 'll be on my way now , sir : and thank you , much obliged . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll be on the plain before the city gates . |
| 24 | She 's going to die first and she wo n't notice it , and then I 'll be on my own . |
| 25 | Then I 'll be on my own . |
| 26 | They also know how paranoid I am ; I 'll be on the phone if the monitor so much as flickers during a thunderstorm . |
| 27 | And I 'll be on my way . ’ |
| 28 | Call me soon ; I 'll be on time next time . " |
| 29 | Since I 'll be on call anyway , it would seem more sensible for me to fill both roles . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be on the veranda , Tom , ’ she murmured , and he and his sister both nodded . |