Example sentences of "[verb] be on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A girl called Louise Stacey has been on to them , asking how she could contact you . |
| 2 | ‘ I hear the English faculty has been on to Humphrey already , ’ he volunteered . |
| 3 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 4 | They must have been on to her or somebody 's given her away , one or t' other , 'cos it must have been a set-up cop . |
| 5 | ‘ The fuzz would have been on to that straight away . |
| 6 | Besides , in those days , the girls would have been on to it quick as a flash and we did n't want that . |
| 7 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 8 | Mr Kronweiser had been on to something . |
| 9 | Well I , I 've been on to world wom women 's committee and they assure me that they , the hospital says these tests should come through in a week , at the most three week 's , but you can phone them , so that certainly has improved , there does n't seem to be a back log . |
| 10 | Witnesses er who 've who 've been on to us have described seeing five people dead , and at least three wounded who were being rushed to hospital . |
| 11 | They 've been on to us . |
| 12 | Well we 've been on to and they do n't seem to do an awful lot . |
| 13 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
| 14 | Because I had a number of people who 've been on to me talking about the mess on the , on the recreation ground , and asking what it 's for , and as soon as you explain why , you know , it 's been accepted . |
| 15 | I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment . |
| 16 | I 've been on to Di this long time and have one like that , then you can and put down so you can have more room , you know , when you put it out . |
| 17 | But she 'll wear it if she has to , and she wants to go to Lourdes , the priest 's been on to her and she 's … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If Devlin is as smart as I think he is , Jack , he 's been on to Frear from the start . |
| 19 | The Consul-General 's been on to me . |