Example sentences of "be [adv] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have been on to her or somebody 's given her away , one or t' other , 'cos it must have been a set-up cop . |
| 2 | But she 'll wear it if she has to , and she wants to go to Lourdes , the priest 's been on to her and she 's … ’ |
| 3 | Because I had a number of people who 've been on to me talking about the mess on the , on the recreation ground , and asking what it 's for , and as soon as you explain why , you know , it 's been accepted . |
| 4 | The Consul-General 's been on to me . |
| 5 | ‘ A girl called Louise Stacey has been on to them , asking how she could contact you . |
| 6 | Besides , in those days , the girls would have been on to it quick as a flash and we did n't want that . |
| 7 | Witnesses er who 've who 've been on to us have described seeing five people dead , and at least three wounded who were being rushed to hospital . |
| 8 | They 've been on to us . |
| 9 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
| 10 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 11 | The police are on to it , but that 's not enough for me . ’ |
| 12 | If it 'd been down to me , this park would never 've been sited here . |
| 13 | We kill her and Karel will know we 're on to him . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 've got enough to let Cawthorne know we 're on to him , or we have by tomorrow night . |
| 15 | You 're on to me tonight , you are . |
| 16 | We created something here , something live and good and untrammelled by the rigor mortis of this dying , stinking society clinging with its preying claws so hard to its privileges because it knows it 's dying , only it wants to kill everything else too , only able to say thou Shalt Not because it 's envious , because it 's cold and impotent — they only have to sniff a little bit of genius , of freedom , of life , and they 're on to it with the , lackey hounds tearing it up , and for why ? |
| 17 | ‘ They 're on to us , ’ he groaned , wondering whether he should put his foot down on the accelerator instead . |
| 18 | ‘ They 're on to us . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah and er you know we can do a certain amount but I think if you went away from that you can go away from it a little bit but I think if you went too much away the people that you have and and our audience when we 've got them you know , they tend to stay with us you know they do n't change like the the youngsters and when we started off first you know our audience were mainly over forty five fifty plus really and now they 're down to we 're getting you know loads of of people in their twenties and in their teens and even down to kids like last night , five and six years old . |
| 20 | They 're not to me because you can have them so long while I think oh not even in the fridge am I keeping this any longer , you know . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've got some questions for you if you 're up to them . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You sure you 're up to it ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you 're up to it . ’ |
| 24 | Reckon you 're up to it ? |
| 25 | ‘ In a large software development team , you can spend a large part of your time on company politics and another large part on documenting when you 're up to it . |
| 26 | Just see to the most urgent of the letters if you 're up to it . ’ |
| 27 | You wo n't get a prize unless you 're up to it , The er the ploughing has to look professional . |
| 28 | This is a very important position you 're after , I shall have to be very thorough in checking whether you 're up to it . |
| 29 | ‘ Are you sure you 're up to it ? ’ he asked sharply . |
| 30 | Most are now in their seventies and needed doctors certificates to prove they 're up to it . |