Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [adv] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | See she , she came around cos erm I 've been up to her , her friends place to and give him a bit of a telling off like and that and erm she came to John 's house and I said , why are calling ? |
2 | I 've been up to my eyes in mannequins and haute couture . ’ |
3 | Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've been up to my ears , ’ he says . |
5 | Honestly I have been Up To My Eyes in it recently . |
6 | She 's been up to his shop and John says , sh she 's come up early |
7 | I think she 's been back to her G P . |
8 | As manager Andy Roxburgh says : ‘ We have been up to our elbows in accomplished defenders . |
9 | He had been up to my room that afternoon and asked my advice . |
10 | In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch . |