Example sentences of "i [vb mod] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I may be on to something . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Listen , Jacqui , I think I may be on to something about the way Steen 's behaving . ’ |
| 3 | If it does I 'll be on to you straight on the phone . |
| 4 | So I put them two and a half up to press with this one and then I can turn it over and I 'll be on to third side . |
| 5 | One day soon I will rip its beak off and glue it onto the end of my own fine aquiline conk , and , secure in my new disguise , I 'll be down to the Inland Revenue Enforcement ( B ) in Barrington Road and scrabbling frantically at my tax inspector 's trousers ( I may be wrong , but I picture them as that specially rich shade of brown polyester-and-worsted that only Dunn & Co can achieve ) before you can say , ‘ Well , what 's got into you , dearie ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'll be there to work . |
| 7 | So I 'll be back to you . |
| 8 | But I 'll be off to Stamford in the morning to have a scent round . |
| 9 | ‘ They can do what they like for me — blow the place up for all I care — I 'll be off to my mobile home in Lytham St Annes before long . ’ |
| 10 | That 's right Jane , I 'll be off to Culham Road shortly to cover the match between Abingdon Town and Brackley , Bracknell ; they 're playing in the Vauxhall League Division two south and some team news for Town — does n't read very well , I 'm afraid , mid fielders Kevin Connelly and Keith Appleton , they 've both been ruled out . |
| 11 | And the next thing I could be on to drugs , you know er , putting heroin in me arm , I could be doing anything . |
| 12 | On the morrow I would be off to Donegal . |
| 13 | I , I completely disagree with your thoughts on the fact that there wo n't be a smell , so much so that the slightest smell if the , if the er proposal gets the go ahead and I shall be on to your office and asking to speak to you personally , to come and smell this erm |
| 14 | And if her husband comes back , as he is apparently hinting he might , or if she moves , or gets a job , as she is always threatening to do if he does n't , or if my colleagues in the DSS find out that I am paying her , then even this hopeless arrangement will come to an end and I shall be back to the agencies and the advertisements , back to the interviews and the references , back to strangers in the house . |
| 15 | By next week there will be two rooms ready for occupation but whether I will find takers I do not know or if I will be up to providing the services required . |
| 16 | If it seems appropriate for you to sell , I promise you I will be back to you immediately . |