Example sentences of "be [adv] to [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kronweiser had been on to something . |
| 2 | Whether or not the fruits of such a hybrid could be commercially exploited is not yet clear , however MacDonald and Wimpey feel that they are on to something very exciting . |
| 3 | But both sexes are down to one a day by the age of 18 , said Dr Connor , who interviewed 1,000 youngsters in his research . |
| 4 | However they are not to everyone 's tastes . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ It 's early days , but I definitely think we 're on to something . ’ |
| 6 | Alert them to the fact that we 're on to something , if they know we 've out-guessed them in their stupid game , then we do n't know what they might do . |
| 7 | ‘ Just when you think you 're on to something it all unravels . ’ |
| 8 | You 're on to something , and all this is the result of it . |
| 9 | You 're up to summat , ai n't you ? |
| 10 | ‘ You 're up to something , no doubt , ’ cried Mr Fractor , leering at him . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're up to something , ’ he said . |
| 13 | They 're up to something , but I do n't know what . |
| 14 | Next door must think we 're up to something kinky . |
| 15 | ‘ If they see us going in and out , they 'll think we 're up to something . |
| 16 | I know you 're up to something , Maggie . |
| 17 | Now I am up to something like State 4 ( ‘ Raises dust and loose paper ’ ) , according to the only reference to the original scale that I can find in Registry , or perhaps 5 ( ‘ Small trees in leaf begin to sway ’ ) it seems to me that States 4 and 5 is where I mostly am . |
| 18 | He has a feeling that his womenfolk are up to something . |
| 19 | I 'm sure the people who murdered your father are up to something . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The girls are up to something , that 's all . |
| 21 | So yourself and O'Gorman have been up to something ? |
| 22 | I imagined he had been up to something I would rather not know about . |
| 23 | You 've been up to something . |
| 24 | He been up to something but it not what they after . ’ |
| 25 | So presumably either Pickerage was lying about his date with Hilary Frome , or the pair had been up to something the whole of Sunday . |
| 26 | Has Oliver been up to anything ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Not been up to anything . |
| 28 | If the answer to these questions is ‘ yes ’ , then we are back to something rather similar to Durkheim 's adaptive function : today 's criminals are in fact helping to usher in the better society of tomorrow . |
| 29 | I think I may be on to something . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Boys at the department think you may be on to something . |