Example sentences of "[adv] be to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Market reports suggest that the sale will not be to a local business .
2 Anyone who has ever been to a similar school will know exactly what I mean .
3 Still is to a certain extent .
4 If that failed , the next move would probably be to a Federal penitentiary where a fight in the yard or a sudden bout of pneumonia would secure his silence for good .
5 Well Michael says you have n't been to a decent service for six weeks , till back .
6 ’ Well , here 's to a new life rising from the ashes of the old , eh ? ’
7 HERE 'S to a topping show .
8 Here 's to a prolonged innings
9 Here 's to a successful firing , my dear . ’
10 Well here 's to a festive crimble — defeats for the Scum and wins for the whites — especially on New Years day .
11 Well ’ — she lifted her cup of cocoa towards him — ‘ here 's to a happy Christmas . ’
12 ‘ I was with British Steel before coming here and had never been to a live theatre show before except the pantomime as a kid .
13 Well why not men go to the bleeding , er well it 's like I 've never been to a proper hen night , Gary 's been to a , a stag night , with female strippers , I 'd like to go to a stag , er a hen night
14 He returned it with this comment : ‘ I have never been to a Wesleyan school nor been at the bottom of my form ! '
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