Example sentences of "be [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 2 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 3 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
| 4 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 5 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
| 6 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 7 | English fans feel that the emphasis on fast bowling in the last fifteen years has been greatly to the game 's detriment , leading to the continuing decline of the spinner , a lack of variety , slow over rates , broken bones and a situation where batting is more about courage than skill . |
| 8 | Natural fibres are much to the fore and you can find the most splendid colours in wool and mohair , though there is also a strong feeling for the velvety look of chenille — it 's easy to knit too ! |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 11 | When he went round the corner to her room and knocked , she would have to pretend that she had been down to the kitchens . |
| 12 | During the last week of September that year , Cornwall had been enjoying an Indian summer and Edna and Celia had been down to the Cove every day . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 14 | Reuben Boll must have been down to the Canaries or Tenerife . |
| 15 | That must have been down to the policeman . |
| 16 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 17 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 18 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 19 | He 'd been down to the coke-cellar beneath the church , where the stage was stored , and with the assistance of Mr Peniket he 'd tried the curtains for size . |
| 20 | She had been down to the lochside in the early morning with a basket of crusts and potato peelings for the water birds and had left a row of neat black boot prints in the snow . |
| 21 | Adam said , ‘ I have n't been down to the cottage in an age . |
| 22 | It would have been down to the Academy to appoint the next ruler of the Seven Planets . |
| 23 | ‘ We have been down to the bare bones before . |
| 24 | he said in all that , we got two he said the other one cut itself badly this morning on er a piece of glass obvious he said managed to come back to me you know being on a lead all his leg was cut so he sort of been down to the vet and had two stitches |
| 25 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 26 | Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste . |
| 27 | This popularity has not been all to the good , but having said that , the Rottweiler has now made friends who are concerned with his welfare . |
| 28 | In the old days this would have been all to the good . |
| 29 | Since then , several lucky Hairflair readers have been along to the Feature You studios in London for a fabulous make-over and photographic shoot — with some stunning results … |
| 30 | All that has long since changed and , while talent can still win the day , both fields are down to the hard graft of making money . |