Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We enclose a copy of this and we hope that you will find time to read it and see what CPRW has been up to during the past year . |
| 2 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 3 | Service intervals of 3000 miles , plus an initial 500-mile check , mean the car has been back to the Dartford factory five times since April and have produced bills for a total of £826.05 , although £96.50 of that was to replace one of the 205/45 ZR16 Goodyear Eagle GS-D tyres , which had collected a nail in its tread . |
| 4 | Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places . |
| 5 | Barratt had been up to Tilberthwaite to see for himself the likely value of Knott 's sett on the Muncaster estate land there and he considered it to be a worthwhile proposition having seen , as he put it , " good bunches of ore under water " . |
| 6 | At the end of the protracted negotiations with her great-aunt 's executors , and the vendor 's solicitors , Hugh and Molly had been out to several dinners in bistros , for which she insisted she paid her share . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | Talking of exotic locations , our lucky fashion department have been off to colourful Morocco , to see how they got on turn to page 37 . |
| 9 | But she 'll wear it if she has to , and she wants to go to Lourdes , the priest 's been on to her and she 's … ’ |
| 10 | Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community . |
| 11 | Do you think they 'll enjoy reading about the things their little boy has been up to ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I hear the English faculty has been on to Humphrey already , ’ he volunteered . |
| 13 | It was not , at present , the eternal verities which were occupying her mind but the simple gnawing question of what Memet had been up to behind her back . |
| 14 | The Consul-General 's been on to me . |
| 15 | ‘ Lady Nugent-Scott has been up to her tricks again . |
| 16 | And the day after Holly had been up to London to apply from the Consulate for a visa there had been the telephone call at Letterworth Engineering . |
| 17 | Robert had been back to the gallery , to the annoyance , I felt sure , of the owner . |
| 18 | Vaguely she wondered if Kate and Stephen had been up to mischief . |
| 19 | WHILE our attention has been on the General Election and its aftermath , the Serbs have been up to their old tricks . |
| 20 | ‘ There are many instances where UK investment and product costs have been up to twenty per cent below other European countries , but the investment has still been located on the continent because of unfair political pressures and highly discriminatory practices , ’ he added to gasps of pained surprise . |
| 21 | The man who ran the world 's first sub-four minute mile has been back to the track where he made history nearly thirty five years ago . |
| 22 | Service spokeswoman Rosemary Sandford said : ‘ It 's a very important appeal and it reflects how popular the service has been up to now . |
| 23 | There were interruptions : Oliver coming to ask what Ruby Dobby had been up to , and Shildon asking Rain for the latest news about the murder . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , Fenella takes her duties terribly seriously and would have a minute by minute report of what Springsteen had been up to while I 'd been away . |
| 25 | Already teams from GCHQ have been out to America to be trained in the use of the new equipment . |
| 26 | Julie and Elizabeth 's relatives have been over to South Africa and were not treated very well at all by the police . |
| 27 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He had a fair idea of what Heydrich had been up to in Aalborg , and he hoped he might get confirmation this way . |
| 30 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |