Example sentences of "be [adv] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ They 're on to us . ’ |
| 32 | Yeah and er you know we can do a certain amount but I think if you went away from that you can go away from it a little bit but I think if you went too much away the people that you have and and our audience when we 've got them you know , they tend to stay with us you know they do n't change like the the youngsters and when we started off first you know our audience were mainly over forty five fifty plus really and now they 're down to we 're getting you know loads of of people in their twenties and in their teens and even down to kids like last night , five and six years old . |
| 33 | So they wo n't do that , and of course it 's and the main thing that costs is the transport is every time you go on a bus you 're down to whatever it is two hundred pounds , and because of the two areas that we use , I mean we 're not gon na , I mean I do n't really know |
| 34 | We 're down to our last tumbler … |
| 35 | $3 You 're down to your last two imodium . |
| 36 | We 're down to your gun alone . |
| 37 | You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent . |
| 38 | They 're not to me because you can have them so long while I think oh not even in the fridge am I keeping this any longer , you know . |
| 39 | An advanced Stealth Fighter that 's so fast , and deadly , it can be in and out of enemy airspace so fast they barely hear the sonic boom before they 're up to their necks in explosive ordnance . |
| 40 | ‘ They 're up to their eyeballs in balance sheets , especially with Postlethwaite looking over their shoulder , and wo n't even listen to me . ’ |
| 41 | They 're up to their ears in them because the wet summer has produced a glut … and forced prices to rock bottom . |
| 42 | On a bright February morning they 're up to their wellied ankles in mud and water , turning a formerly ignored site on the edge of heavy industry into a nature haven . |
| 43 | They 're up to their eyes in work . |
| 44 | Yeah , they 're up to their eyes in there |
| 45 | They 're up to their eyes in it , you ca n't ask them while they 're , they 're |
| 46 | ‘ I 've got some questions for you if you 're up to them . ’ |
| 47 | You 're up to summat , ai n't you ? |
| 48 | ‘ You 're up to something , no doubt , ’ cried Mr Fractor , leering at him . |
| 49 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 50 | ‘ You 're up to something , ’ he said . |
| 51 | They 're up to something , but I do n't know what . |
| 52 | Next door must think we 're up to something kinky . |
| 53 | ‘ If they see us going in and out , they 'll think we 're up to something . |
| 54 | I know you 're up to something , Maggie . |
| 55 | You 're up to your bloody mischief again , are n't you ? |
| 56 | ‘ You sure you 're up to it ? ’ |
| 57 | ‘ If you 're up to it . ’ |
| 58 | Reckon you 're up to it ? |
| 59 | ‘ 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 . |
| 60 | Just see to the most urgent of the letters if you 're up to it . ’ |