Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you can imagine , I 've been along to Mattlock 's . |
| 2 | Oh you 've been up to Joe 's have you mum ? |
| 3 | Have you been up to Joe 's ? |
| 4 | I 've just been up to Tesco 's . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm off to Buller 's Hill House . |
| 6 | He woke in the small hours , feeling cold , and moved over to be closer to Carolyn 's warm body . |
| 7 | Such terms were scarcely to Edward 's liking , but he confirmed the treaty on 13 June , and in a fatal misjudgement , for which the Despensers may have been in part responsible , Edward agreed to allow his son Prince Edward , now aged eleven , to go to France in his place to do homage . |
| 8 | I 'll come with you , I said , I thought you were away to Mandy 's . |
| 9 | Been round to Jenny 's . |
| 10 | I 've been round to Merle 's . |
| 11 | That most of these songs seem designed to soothe a troubled soul is down to Lanegan 's croon , a remarkable vocal instrument that posits Leonard Cohen as stadium rock god . |
| 12 | In any other sphere of life , when the demand for your product collapses for reasons entirely beyond your control , you do n't try to drum up new custom , you wind the business down and go into something more profitable ’ ‘ But there is a disturbing feeling about that something irreversible may be happening in the world and it is not to Britain 's advantage . |
| 13 | 'T IS not to Cythera 's Reign nor Cupid 's Fires , |
| 14 | Gran 's off to Doris 's . |
| 15 | With a bucket and spade and a hand grenade hi ho hi ho hi ho hi ho hi ho it 's off to Rumbold 's we go with a bucket and spade hi ho hi ho . |
| 16 | There is more to Wittgenstein 's attitude here than a straightforward refusal to play the philosophical game . |
| 17 | But there is more to Gassendi 's final position in his Exercises than this . |
| 18 | But there 's more to Girobank 's service than competitive rates alone . |
| 19 | Applying environmental laws is up to Spain 's regional governments , most of whom still think of emission standards as how fast building permits are issued . |
| 20 | So , with the finance arranged , it is back to Aladdin 's cave … be as careful choosing your loan as you will be in choosing your aircraft . |
| 21 | If one asks the question , ‘ Who decides what is a piece of ‘ good ’ writing ? ’ one is back to Leavis 's statements about the ‘ morally sensitive ’ reader . |
| 22 | The King held it good to accomplish her desire ; and forthwith ordered letters to be drawn up to Rodrigo of Bivar , wherein he enjoined and commanded him that he should come incontinently to Valencia , for he had much to communicate to him , upon an affair which was greatly to God 's service , and his own welfare and great honour . |
| 23 | And it was greatly to Guido 's credit the way he proceeded to react . |
| 24 | He had worked most assiduously on the design but on finding that his style was not to Palmerston 's taste he would , in conformity with the statement made in Parliament , make another design , which he trusted ‘ would be more fortunate ’ . |
| 25 | Then it was off to Benny 's , the all night showbiz bar . |
| 26 | Of course , they agreed , and if afterwards both of them also agreed that there was more to Sally-Anne 's story than she had cared to tell them , about both Havvie and the mysterious Dr Neil — they had noticed that his name was constantly on her lips — they did not tell her what they had guessed . |
| 27 | It is quite obvious now that if there was more to Monica 's missing Wimbledon in 1991 than the shin splints that were eventually given as the reason , she is not going to tell us . |
| 28 | That it turned out to be neither was because of Father McGiff 's discovery that there was more to Time 's perfidy than just the simple ruse of slowing him down . |
| 29 | It was clearly to France 's advantage to advance her south-eastern frontier by the acquisition of Savoy and Nice , while the building of railways in the region would give her a strong economic and strategic position in northern and central Italy . |
| 30 | Tom by this time had joined the Navy , was in the Pacific as a Wireless Telegrapher and probably hoped that this Kapok life jacket was up to Stoddard 's normal BS 5750 standards . |