Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] to the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 2 | When he went round the corner to her room and knocked , she would have to pretend that she had been down to the kitchens . |
| 3 | All the big guns are through to the semi-finals as expected . |
| 4 | In rugby , Bicester are through to the semi-finals of the Provincial Insurance Cup . |
| 5 | They 're down to the squirrels . ’ |
| 6 | We 're off to the police station . ’ |
| 7 | Yes I 'm glad in a way , I suppose , though I 'll still never see you if you 're off to the provinces to entertain the troops , damn their eyes . |
| 8 | Now that she 's gone you wo n't always be saying that you 're off to the pictures with her . |
| 9 | As far as I can make out we 're up to , we 're up to the darts competition |
| 10 | Soon we 're back to the favourites , |
| 11 | And now dear children You see we 're back to the children again are n't we ? |
| 12 | He had been serving in France when he met her , they had married as soon as the Hun had been finished off , and after the honeymoon it had been back to the colours for him and straight over to Ireland . |
| 13 | Yes , I was working at Walsall airport er Walsall electrics , sorry , at the time and er I 've been out to the pictures I , with a couple of friends and er I got home this particular evening and I put the late night dance music on on the radio and they , they interrupted the programme to tell us that er Germany had accepted unconditional surrender and the war was over . |
| 14 | Here we are back to the ideas about roles and spheres which I discussed earlier in this chapter ( the work of Harding , Goodwin and so on ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , yes , we are back to the potions . |
| 16 | Woolwich says six-month arrears are back to the levels of February 1988 and the Abbey National says short-term arrears have been declining since the end of last summer and repossessions are stable or falling . |
| 17 | Tonight i 'm off to the leeds / everton match . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm off to the shops next , I 'll bring you a cup of tea on my way . ’ |
| 19 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 20 | It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction . |
| 21 | Whether or not this second series will be something the crew can be proud of , will be up to the viewers to decide . |
| 22 | Mr Small said : ‘ Our normal opening hours will be 9am-5.30pm but it will be up to the tenants ’ association if they want late night shopping . |
| 23 | It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater . |
| 24 | The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case . |
| 25 | Well , we 're getting them to go for a hundred , which sounds a lot , but the ground 's quite variable so , you know , some of it is really good planting land and some of it is n't , so , you know , it 'll be up to the teams to go for as many as they can . |
| 26 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 27 | Well that would be up to the colleges , if they 're commercially astute they 'll say right yeah twenty-five quid for that , in fact it would be a lot less because it 's only for three months |
| 28 | Mr Saville added : ‘ If they slap a CPO on the site , then it will be up to the councils to get on with the job of reclamation . |
| 29 | If this has not been the case , it will be up to the individuals to explain the reasons behind this . |
| 30 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |