Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I must be awa' tae Pack Meeting , ’ she said to Dick and Chuck , ‘ or I 'll be late . ’ |
| 2 | Whenever they came into the shop Steve 'd be on about : where 's the action ? |
| 3 | on about and I suspect that Councillor must be on about . |
| 4 | He 'd be on about it . |
| 5 | ‘ But the environmental health would be on to me … ’ |
| 6 | I think I may be on to something . ’ |
| 7 | The company seems to be on to a winner — at least in theory . |
| 8 | MIX and Max with Mel and you could be on to a video winner as we give away more than £2,500worth of Gibson tapes . |
| 9 | But next time they will be on to you . |
| 10 | The police would be on to them . |
| 11 | ‘ Boys at the department think you may be on to something . |
| 12 | ‘ We might be on to something here , ’ murmured Esther , her scheming mind leaping ahead . |
| 13 | And the next thing I could be on to drugs , you know er , putting heroin in me arm , I could be doing anything . |
| 14 | ‘ Listen , Jacqui , I think I may be on to something about the way Steen 's behaving . ’ |
| 15 | But , he argued , the Bank would be on to a winner once it started collecting , and selling , 12 tonnes of paper per week . |
| 16 | They 'd be on to central heating systems next . |
| 17 | You sure seem to be on to a good thing with this Walter Machin [ the letter said ] . |
| 18 | Erm they would n't she 'd be alright for the first time you see , but they would get tired and then they 'd be they 'd be on to me . |
| 19 | Iris , you could be on to something ! ’ |
| 20 | We might well be on to something here . ’ |
| 21 | They felt they might be on to a good thing . |
| 22 | If it does I 'll be on to you straight on the phone . |
| 23 | The fact that Harry Martin had seen fit to go this far not only alarmed her but also made her realise that she must be on to something . |
| 24 | So I put them two and a half up to press with this one and then I can turn it over and I 'll be on to third side . |
| 25 | I , I completely disagree with your thoughts on the fact that there wo n't be a smell , so much so that the slightest smell if the , if the er proposal gets the go ahead and I shall be on to your office and asking to speak to you personally , to come and smell this erm |
| 26 | But if we have everything ready to leave as soon as I get back from chess and I 'll make sure I leave promptly if we can come straight away then , with a bit of luck we 'll be on to the M twenty five b by half past four so we might |
| 27 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 28 | Dave Sims opened Northampton up and prop Andy Deacon bulldozed through to score what could well turn out to be on of the most important tries of the season … |
| 29 | Well before Cordoba made his debut over today 's course two months ago , his name was being whispered behind many a well-respected hand as the one to be on for next year 's 2000 Guineas . |
| 30 | As I said to her we 've got two shelves of hardbacks in the alcove because I do think they furnish a room as the man said , but I would n't be on for lending them out because you do n't know the condition they 'd come back in . |