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 ! ' |