Example sentences of "be [adv] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're down to our last tumbler … |
| 2 | You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent . |
| 3 | On a bright February morning they 're up to their wellied ankles in mud and water , turning a formerly ignored site on the edge of heavy industry into a nature haven . |
| 4 | You 're up to your bloody mischief again , are n't you ? |
| 5 | They become very passive but as soon as they 've had the baby they 're back to their old selves again and you think , God , is it the same girl ? |
| 6 | The earth , ah , so w we we 're back to your environmental theme , okay ? |
| 7 | ‘ So we 're back to your imaginary twin , are we ? ’ |
| 8 | WHILE our attention has been on the General Election and its aftermath , the Serbs have been up to their old tricks . |
| 9 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , we 'll be meeting an author who 's been back to his old school to sign copies of his book … and he 's only TEN years old . |
| 10 | That 's absolutely true , we are back to our normal situation now . |
| 11 | This suggestion turned out to be greatly to my own detriment . |
| 12 | His campaign now seems to be down to its last card — to brand Mr Da Silva as a dangerous radical who is bent on introducing Stalinist communism into Brazil . |
| 13 | ‘ They can do what they like for me — blow the place up for all I care — I 'll be off to my mobile home in Lytham St Annes before long . ’ |
| 14 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
| 15 | Do you think you 're gon na be up to me next week or not ? |
| 16 | He seemed to be up to his fat neck in this . |
| 17 | I 'm back to my original fighting weight . |
| 18 | By the time they make up their mind , the Chinese will probably be back to their old ways . ’ |
| 19 | At the end of the First World War it was confidently and almost universally assumed that after a short time money would be back to its pre-war value and market prices ( including market rents ) to their pre-war levels . |
| 20 | She said that people had commented on how she seemed to be back to her usual self , and that things seemed to be going very well with her brother and sister-in-law . |
| 21 | In the morning she would be back to her normal self . |
| 22 | ‘ By dinnertime you will be back to your old self , quite normal . ’ |
| 23 | Soon we were down to our last lumps of coal . |
| 24 | The crew , from Crook , Co Durham , were off to their annual dance when the bus filled up with smoke . |
| 25 | Coffee and a stroll up to the nearest AVIS and we were off to our next destination . |
| 26 | The cartoons were hilarious , Guttersnipe was at the height of his form , Hind and Mosco were up to their mischievous tricks . |
| 27 | Her eyes were back to their natural shade of flint . |
| 28 | ‘ Ju , ’ Anne realised they were back to their little kid names now , ‘ Ju , I do n't really think it matters any more . ’ |
| 29 | Like a coolie in the wrong continent , he 's on to his first wage of the day . |
| 30 | ‘ We think much of England 's success is down to their strong front-row so , yes , we were pleased that Probyn was n't playing . |