Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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1 | Well I , I 've been on to world wom women 's committee and they assure me that they , the hospital says these tests should come through in a week , at the most three week 's , but you can phone them , so that certainly has improved , there does n't seem to be a back log . |
2 | Witnesses er who 've who 've been on to us have described seeing five people dead , and at least three wounded who were being rushed to hospital . |
3 | They 've been on to us . |
4 | Well we 've been on to and they do n't seem to do an awful lot . |
5 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
6 | Because I had a number of people who 've been on to me talking about the mess on the , on the recreation ground , and asking what it 's for , and as soon as you explain why , you know , it 's been accepted . |
7 | I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment . |
8 | I 've been on to Di this long time and have one like that , then you can and put down so you can have more room , you know , when you put it out . |
9 | Wait until he knows what else you 've been up to ! ’ |
10 | I 've been up to my eyes in mannequins and haute couture . ’ |
11 | 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 . ’ |
12 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
13 | Right , that over , report on what you 've been up to and the condition of your ankle . ’ |
14 | ‘ I 've been up to my ears , ’ he says . |
15 | ‘ And you 're lucky to get that , given what you 've been up to , ’ Sylvie said coldly . |
16 | I know what you 've been up to . |
17 | Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area . |
18 | You 've been up to something . |
19 | What that basically means , wherever that happens anywhere else in the country , you go to South Wales , you go to West Lothian , places like that I 've been up to West Lothian , all services are reduced when your main industry 's removed from an area . |
20 | I 'd like to hear what you 've been up to . ’ |
21 | ‘ Jesus Christ almighty , Zen , what the hell do you think you 've been up to ? ’ |
22 | Your not waiting till you 've been up to London . |
23 | Oh you 've been up to Joe 's have you mum ? |
24 | I 've been up to church . |
25 | 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 ? |
26 | What you 've been up to too ? |
27 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
28 | You 've been round to all the branches ? |
29 | Yolanda said : ‘ We 've been round to the new house and it is lovely . |
30 | Yolanda said : ‘ We 've been round to the new house and it is lovely . |