Example sentences of "i be [adv prt] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I go to Cambridge I come back depressed as hell ; then as soon as I am back to a Norfolk class spirits soar again . |
| 2 | ‘ I now feel that I am back to the form I had three years ago , and after my performances in Ireland , I feel I can win the Paris-Tours classic next Saturday , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ I am off to the pub . |
| 4 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 5 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |
| 6 | I 'm through to the final , and now I must make absolutely certain I 'm in the right frame of mind . |
| 7 | ‘ Go where you like , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm off to the moon . ’ |
| 8 | At a time ( 1944 ) when one 's acquaintances were casually saying ‘ I 'm off to the US to work on the atomic bomb ’ ( surely a gross breach of security ) I think Bernal was carefully insulated . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm off to the US next week and then I am doing an extended tour of the US and Canada . |
| 10 | Personally , I 'm off to the chemist to buy myself a bottle of Gee 's Linctus ( active ingredient ; tincture of opium ) . |
| 11 | On his way out he said : ‘ I 'm off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm off to the shops next , I 'll bring you a cup of tea on my way . ’ |
| 13 | And , in an exclusive interview , Merson told me : ‘ I 'm back to the weight I was all last season , 13 stone , but ideally I would like to get down to 12st 10lb . |
| 14 | Carrying on and saying I was up to no good , out till that time . |
| 15 | You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job . |
| 16 | Mrs Williams was at the time the most popular women in the world , after Mother Teresa , and it occurred to me , rather too late , that I was on to a loser here . |
| 17 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |