Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 2 | In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Jegsy , who appears with comic John Hegley at the Everyman next Thursday has been up to his neck in work at the seaside . |
| 4 | She 's been up to his shop and John says , sh she 's come up early |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She found herself praying that this batch would be more to his liking than the last . |
| 7 | Whitelocke replied with brutal honesty that in his opinion , ‘ it should be more to his prejudice than advantage to do so ’ , a remark that , predictably , displeased Cromwell . |
| 8 | He seemed to be up to his fat neck in this . |
| 9 | He seemed to be up to his eyes in paintings , painters , painting materials , and even painters ' jokes … |
| 10 | But his recent form has shown the Belgian-bred gelding to be back to his best , and he must be favourite to be the first horse to take the World Cup for a third time . |
| 11 | Couples will be back to his aggressive best next year with his blistering long game allied to the best short-iron play on the US tour . |
| 12 | The England forward insists he is ready for the match that struggling Arsenal dare not lose , even though Graham is worried that it might be a couple of weeks before Merson sheds enough pounds to be back to his peak . |
| 13 | He appears to be back to his best and I would n't rule him out . ’ |
| 14 | Williams from Didcot in Oxfordshire the champions of 92 are the favourites for 93 … but what will life be like without Mansell … will Prost be back to his best … can new boy Damon Hill set the world alight |
| 15 | Now Mr. Duggan may well have video evidence of Welsh dirty play in the past and also the statements of Will Carling , the England captain , may not be quite to his liking , but please gentlemen , come on ! |
| 16 | Former Linfield full-back or midfielder Mooney is leaving Derry this summer to be closer to his business interests in Belfast . |
| 17 | I figured a man like Truro Daine , who is well known for being up to his knees in dirt year in year out , would have a lot of use for their product , and decided to call on him to give a heavy pitch for the latest range of fine-bristled superswift specials . |
| 18 | But Hirst showed he is close to being back to his sharpest again , pouncing on a clever Chris Waddle ball in the 84th minute to beat Alan Kelly . |
| 19 | They were extravagantly to his advantage , save when she lowered her voice to sigh , tapping her left side familiarly : " And all overclouded by this , you know — all at the mercy of a weakness — ( 9 ) Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 20 | Like a coolie in the wrong continent , he 's on to his first wage of the day . |
| 21 | He has kept five clean sheets in his last seven outings , a feat which is down to his own ability and the fact he ‘ now has a good understanding with the defenders in front of me ’ . |
| 22 | He adopted an honourable course , which is greatly to his credit and that of the club . ’ |
| 23 | Enver says he 's down to his last kilo of flour , otherwise his cupboard 's empty . |
| 24 | He 's through to his first World Longtrack final … where he 'll be lining up against the best speedway and grasstrack riders . |
| 25 | John Bitumen ( or Raging Bullshit as he 's known amongst his colleagues ) , is never one to sit on the fence ( vandalising it is more to his nature ) . |
| 26 | There is more to his background than the dismissive labels of ‘ retired film actor and professional after-dinner speaker ’ would suggest . |
| 27 | That there is more to his writing than an ability to recount individual anecdotes is increasingly being acknowledged . |
| 28 | In many cases it was the first time anyone had explained to the man in the trench that there is more to his job than laying pipes ! |
| 29 | ‘ The plan was for Bryce to drive up and get them , but he 's up to his eyes in trying to draw substantial amounts of water from our well . |
| 30 | He 's up to his black eyeballs in the drug trade . |