Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | God knows what the two of them are up to together . ’ |
| 2 | There are plenty of surgical patients walking around with only one lung , and some of them are down to a third of normal lung area . |
| 3 | ‘ And what d' you mean , what 'ave I been up to ? |
| 4 | ‘ If Major Calder and I are about to be deprived of your services , ’ Carew answered evenly , ‘ then we 'll have to use another and faster method of disrupting the IRB organisation . ’ |
| 5 | Jane and I are off to Italy — a photographic assignment — otherwise we would have held onto them a while longer . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Now I am up to something like State 4 ( ‘ Raises dust and loose paper ’ ) , according to the only reference to the original scale that I can find in Registry , or perhaps 5 ( ‘ Small trees in leaf begin to sway ’ ) it seems to me that States 4 and 5 is where I mostly am . |
| 8 | ‘ I now feel that I am back to the form I had three years ago , and after my performances in Ireland , I feel I can win the Paris-Tours classic next Saturday , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Every time I go to Cambridge I come back depressed as hell ; then as soon as I am back to a Norfolk class spirits soar again . |
| 10 | Now I am back to normal . |
| 11 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ I am off to the pub . |
| 13 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |
| 14 | And a little nervous that I am about to be ticked off for my unorthodox and amiable occupation of the Rosenbloom . |
| 15 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 16 | I 'm through to the final , and now I must make absolutely certain I 'm in the right frame of mind . |
| 17 | — I 'm on to you . |
| 18 | Erm one of the things I picked up off the course is , technically every training course that we have , should be written in a way that that identifies erm Unit two point four I 'm on to at the minute . . |
| 19 | I 'm on to him , take it from me . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm on to you , and I intend to spike your little game . |
| 21 | That is it ; I 'm on to it now . |
| 22 | I 'm on to you , Burns , and I 'm going to put an end to your little game — once and for all ! ’ |
| 23 | I 've got I 'm on to tape four . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm up to my eyes this morning , as you can see . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm up to here with Amore ! |
| 26 | We might as well have lunch , if I 'm up to it . |
| 27 | I 'm up to my eyes in it here . |
| 28 | At the moment I 'm up to my neck in the Camden Town murder . ’ |
| 29 | Him at the Post Office knows I 'm up to something . |
| 30 | I do n't know if it 's sex , or fear that I 'm up to some trick . |