Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
2 | She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item . |
3 | In rugby we 're down to the last eight … in the Pilkington Cup … which means Gloucester are two matches away from Twickenham … they 've got a game on their hands tomorrow though … away to first division leaders Orrell |
4 | Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine . |
5 | And then they 're off to the next one . |
6 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
7 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
8 | Having finished a job , they do n't sit around enjoying the results — it 's on to the next . |
9 | And when one house is improved to the limit , it 's on to the next there too . |
10 | Smash 'em all and it 's on to the next level . |
11 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
12 | It is therefore to the second alternative — selling goods and services overseas — that countries must look if they are to maintain and improve their living standards and avoid a balance of payments crisis . |
13 | And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step |
14 | The scene , a stag-party 's post-pub , pre-dancing meal , was not going well : it was up to the fourteenth take , and the continuity man was looking frazzled . |
15 | It was back to the 2nd XI after that , but the memory will tingle for a while yet . |
16 | She said well it was down to the last two she said , I had a choice between a red and green cushion or a fitness test . |