Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 2 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 3 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
| 4 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 5 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 6 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 7 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 8 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 9 | English fans feel that the emphasis on fast bowling in the last fifteen years has been greatly to the game 's detriment , leading to the continuing decline of the spinner , a lack of variety , slow over rates , broken bones and a situation where batting is more about courage than skill . |
| 10 | Natural fibres are much to the fore and you can find the most splendid colours in wool and mohair , though there is also a strong feeling for the velvety look of chenille — it 's easy to knit too ! |
| 11 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 12 | It would have been down to the Academy to appoint the next ruler of the Seven Planets . |
| 13 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 14 | That must have been down to the policeman . |
| 15 | he said in all that , we got two he said the other one cut itself badly this morning on er a piece of glass obvious he said managed to come back to me you know being on a lead all his leg was cut so he sort of been down to the vet and had two stitches |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 17 | Adam said , ‘ I have n't been down to the cottage in an age . |
| 18 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 19 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 20 | He 'd been down to the coke-cellar beneath the church , where the stage was stored , and with the assistance of Mr Peniket he 'd tried the curtains for size . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 22 | She had been down to the lochside in the early morning with a basket of crusts and potato peelings for the water birds and had left a row of neat black boot prints in the snow . |
| 23 | During the last week of September that year , Cornwall had been enjoying an Indian summer and Edna and Celia had been down to the Cove every day . |
| 24 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 25 | Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste . |
| 26 | In the old days this would have been all to the good . |
| 27 | My sisters have been along to a couple of events , and Mum and Dad watch my performances on television , as well as videos of my races . |
| 28 | Since then , several lucky Hairflair readers have been along to the Feature You studios in London for a fabulous make-over and photographic shoot — with some stunning results … |
| 29 | All the increases that he has just quoted — in the number of pupils staying on to the fifth and sixth years and in the number of social workers — are down to the fact that all the regional authorities in Scotland are controlled by the Labour party and they see as their spending priorities the need to create educational opportunities for young people and to provide home helps for old people . |
| 30 | Mr Chairman I , I mentioned that whilst welcoming the report , erm our motion is to say is , is of a more general nature , we 're looking at the , what is really has er greater standing for financial costs and other practical difficulties involved in increasing the proportion of waste erm who acts as that recycled in the County and apparent progress in meeting government recycling are not being too much and what needs a job and whilst we recognise that responsibility with this requires primarily with the District Council rather than County Council as their question of authority erm it 's an area that we have n't had much erm , the , there has n't been perhaps to the environment committee for some , some time now and I would like to s to actually look at this , look at this again because it is a fairly fast moving , ch changing area , so erm this really is then more of a general , general information and to look at it again . |