Example sentences of "be [adv] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy , who has 13 grandchildren and two great grandsons , added : ‘ I have already been down to my flat and have had a laugh with my friends . |
| 2 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 3 | In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch . |
| 4 | She addressed Lizzie now , saying , ‘ Have you been in to your mother ? ’ |
| 5 | Many of these are not to our taste , but there 's no doubt that even those items that would look more at home in a flower arrangement have been designed and coloured with fishkeeping in mind . |
| 6 | We 're down to our last tumbler … |
| 7 | $3 You 're down to your last two imodium . |
| 8 | We 're down to your gun alone . |
| 9 | You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent . |
| 10 | An advanced Stealth Fighter that 's so fast , and deadly , it can be in and out of enemy airspace so fast they barely hear the sonic boom before they 're up to their necks in explosive ordnance . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're up to their eyeballs in balance sheets , especially with Postlethwaite looking over their shoulder , and wo n't even listen to me . ’ |
| 12 | They 're up to their ears in them because the wet summer has produced a glut … and forced prices to rock bottom . |
| 13 | On a bright February morning they 're up to their wellied ankles in mud and water , turning a formerly ignored site on the edge of heavy industry into a nature haven . |
| 14 | They 're up to their eyes in work . |
| 15 | Yeah , they 're up to their eyes in there |
| 16 | They 're up to their eyes in it , you ca n't ask them while they 're , they 're |
| 17 | You 're up to your bloody mischief again , are n't you ? |
| 18 | And we 're up to our eyes at the garage just now . ’ |
| 19 | They become very passive but as soon as they 've had the baby they 're back to their old selves again and you think , God , is it the same girl ? |
| 20 | ‘ So we 're back to your imaginary twin , are we ? ’ |
| 21 | Still , you 're back to your post , and that 's the main thing . ’ |
| 22 | The earth , ah , so w we we 're back to your environmental theme , okay ? |
| 23 | You 'll start getting back now , now you 're back to your last four pence when it comes down you start getting back do n't you ? |
| 24 | If I had specially ordered the moment , it could n't have been more to my liking . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd have thought Brahms and Liszt would have been more to your taste . ’ |
| 26 | I find Lubin 's fingerwork in faster movements absolutely sparkling ; and the slightly more flowing tempi he adopts in the slower movements are more to my taste . |
| 27 | Most long-firm fraudsters manage quite successfully in prison , although its entertainments and amenities are hardly to their taste … |
| 28 | Is not that because many Tory Members are up to their necks in money received for commercial lobbying of one sort or another ? |
| 29 | Some time in the early hours of the morning we cross over what seems to me to be a pontoon bridge , then suddenly we are up to our thighs in water . |
| 30 | WHEN YOU ARE UP TO YOUR ARSE IN ALLIGATORS , IT IS DIFFICULT TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT YOUR INITIAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DRAIN THE SWAMP . |