Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane and I are off to Italy — a photographic assignment — otherwise we would have held onto them a while longer . |
| 2 | " I 'm away to London tonight and then to France . " |
| 3 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 4 | And my my aunt that I my grandmother that I stayed with , their neighbour down the stair was quite indignant and saying , I 'm away to work and she 's getting twelve shillings the same . |
| 5 | I 'm here to second this composite , number sixteen , as regards public ownership of utilities . |
| 6 | Labour 's shadow chancellor John Smith unveils their alternative budget promising everyone earning up to £22,000 a year they would be better Dr Ashok Kumar launched his campaign to retain Langabrugh pledging ‘ I 'm here to Opinion polls show the Tories with a three point Labour say they would scrap the City Technology Colleges if they won power . |
| 7 | I 've got I 'm on to tape four . |
| 8 | I 'm up to date and I can see it 's going to change in the future really . |
| 9 | ( Aloud ) : Well , goodnight , I 'm off to bed . |
| 10 | I 'm off to bed . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm off to bed , ’ he announced . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm off to bed , Betty . |
| 13 | ‘ Right , that 's all , I 'm off to bed now . |
| 14 | Right , I 'm off to bed . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm off to bed . |
| 16 | Right , I 'm off to bed |
| 17 | I 'm off to bed |
| 18 | ‘ And I 'm off to Sweden . |
| 19 | I 'm off to Galway City . |
| 20 | For example , the written sentence My next destination is Finland and in particular Kuusamo , which is a town close to the Soviet border might be spoken I 'm off to Finland next . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm off to Buller 's Hill House . |
| 22 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 23 | I 'm off to camp . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm off to Scotland … just Em and me . |
| 25 | Though I 'm off to Singapore on Wednesday . |
| 26 | I 've a heavy afternoon ahead , and I 'm off to Paris tomorrow — by parachute if they ca n't get me in by any other method . |
| 27 | ‘ If he does n't come soon I 'm off to London , ’ she said , running a finger over one arched eyebrow . |
| 28 | If there 's anything at all promising I 'm off to Deptford . ’ |
| 29 | " I 'm not available for a late Ryder Cup call — I 'm off to Japan next week . " |
| 30 | I 'm off to Windsor they 're off to Cheltenham and everywhere else . |