Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And has he been up to the top of the |
| 2 | It is , by a long way , the greatest test yet of whether he is up to the job . |
| 3 | He 's on to the ball before anyone else , but he conserves the energy of his horses . ’ |
| 4 | His telephone rang almost at once ; he was through to the chief 's personal assistant , a grey-haired lady of vast experience who monitored and sometimes modulated communication ( other than face to face ) between the chief and the outside world — including his policemen . |
| 5 | Within a short while he was on to the subject of Libya 's exports . |
| 6 | Then he was on to the cabin top and releasing the main halyard . |
| 7 | When Minton first met him he had already discovered Soho and , whilst telling his opera-singer mother that he was off to the Science Museum , would take the tube to Tottenham Court Road to wash dishes in the Budapest run by Victor Sassie ( later the proprietor of the Gay Hussar ) . |
| 8 | It was the left-hander 's eighth century , in his 29th Test , and at 382 minutes ( nine fours ) is the slowest-ever for Australia : he was out to the first-delivery with the new ball , which was taken 16 overs after it became due . |
| 9 | Indeed , his stern morality and adherence to the ideals of classical republicanism , as mediated through such writers as Algernon Sidney and his own uncle by marriage , Henry Neville [ qq.v. ] , made him almost an archetypal ‘ country ’ member , and he was quickly to the forefront in the agitations against a standing army and political corruption in general . |
| 10 | But , 24 hours later , he was back to the player who before this Test had made just 333 from 19 innings at an average of 17.53 . |
| 11 | In politics he was usually to the left of H. M. Hyndman , whom he much admired , but he accepted the latter 's scepticism towards trade unionism and its place in the socialist movement . |