Example sentences of "be [adv] to it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , in those days , the girls would have been on to it quick as a flash and we did n't want that . |
| 2 | The police are on to it , but that 's not enough for me . ’ |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | ‘ You sure you 're up to it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're up to it . ’ |
| 6 | Reckon you 're up to it ? |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Just see to the most urgent of the letters if you 're up to it . ’ |
| 9 | You wo n't get a prize unless you 're up to it , The er the ploughing has to look professional . |
| 10 | This is a very important position you 're after , I shall have to be very thorough in checking whether you 're up to it . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you sure you 're up to it ? ’ he asked sharply . |
| 12 | Most are now in their seventies and needed doctors certificates to prove they 're up to it . |
| 13 | no , all I want you to do if you 're up to it , is get me cooker hood thing off , so I can clean it , it 's not been cleaned since before Christmas |
| 14 | ‘ Well , you 're round to it now , so what 's all this about ? ’ he demanded with suppressed anger . |
| 15 | But there must have been more to it than that . |
| 16 | She had made a wrong choice a year ago , had put Steve and her career before the man she loved , but there had been more to it than that . |
| 17 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 18 | ‘ You are sure I am up to it ? ’ she remarked a little naughtily ; it would help if he underrated her — another of Papa 's precepts she had found worth following . |
| 19 | Colm Toibin 's piece will be a hard act to follow but I suspect you are up to it . |
| 20 | That is it ; I 'm on to it now . |
| 21 | Without sounding too clichéd about it , there should be more to it than that . |
| 22 | There may be more to it . |
| 23 | She said there must be more to it than just worrying about wanting a small waist , and she was right : out it came . |
| 24 | It is so simple that I have known clever men misunderstand it completely , thinking that there must be more to it ! |
| 25 | But I ca n't help feeling that there must be more to it than that . |
| 26 | In the same way that the spectacle of a butterfly or a peacock still arouses the feeling that there must be more to it than evolution , consciousness insists there must be more to itself than that . |
| 27 | They were to tutor the child who refused to attend school , but there was to be more to it than that . |
| 28 | It seemed to the hedgehog that there should be more to it than that . |
| 29 | There had to be more to it than simply filling in a few spaces with a ballpoint ; greater symbolic weight was required . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he perked up , ‘ if it is the Old Ones , it would explain the telepathic pollution , and there 'll be more to it that we have n't thought about yet , but we 'll find out later . ’ |