Example sentences of "be up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you let her know what you 're up to , mind . |
| 2 | ‘ You sure you 're up to it ? ’ |
| 3 | I know what you 're up to . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're up to it . ’ |
| 5 | I feel it is my need as an American to address and educate other Americans about what they 're up to . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 're up to something , no doubt , ’ cried Mr Fractor , leering at him . |
| 7 | ‘ Now you can tell me what you 're up to , ’ Newman demanded . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 9 | Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're up to something , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know what you 're up to , Sarah Byrne , but I know you ai n't religious , ’ said Ella . |
| 12 | They 're up to something , but I do n't know what . |
| 13 | In the Unification Church and they 're stealing a march on us right enough and that 's what they 're doing — stealing that march — and they 're up to no good in their unification and I know they 're not and they know I know they 're not and that 's why it all happened . |
| 14 | Reckon you 're up to it ? |
| 15 | We do n't know what they 're up to . ’ |
| 16 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 17 | Next door must think we 're up to something kinky . |
| 18 | Whatever you 're up to during the snowy season , a wonderful warm woolly makes the perfect winter wear . |
| 19 | ‘ In a large software development team , you can spend a large part of your time on company politics and another large part on documenting when you 're up to it . |
| 20 | I 'll ask you what you 're up to soon , but I 've got to strap my safety belt for this question . |
| 21 | Apparently they 're up to here in woolies , but nobody ever remembers that homeless men need underpants too . |
| 22 | An advanced Stealth Fighter that 's so fast , and deadly , it can be in and out of enemy airspace so fast they barely hear the sonic boom before they 're up to their necks in explosive ordnance . |
| 23 | Old boys write in from various parts of the world and say what they 're up to . |
| 24 | " I want to know what you 're up to , " he said , and I do n't think he believed me when I told him I was only trying to find out whether there were any rabbits who wanted to leave the warren . |
| 25 | " And what the Hell do you think you 're up to ? " |
| 26 | I know what you 're up to . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'll pay for this , whatever you 're up to . ’ |
| 28 | The the staff do n't know what we 're up to . |
| 29 | I want to find out what they 're up to . ’ |
| 30 | I got to stick with the President and all I can think about.is those two and what they 're up to . |