Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps he was going to Porteneil to get drunk in the Rock Hotel , or perhaps he was off to Inverness , where he often goes on business he prefers to keep mysterious , but I suspected that it was really something to do with Eric . |
2 | France and civilian life has done nothing for him , and so he is off to Algeria to get tanned and fight . |
3 | Soon he is back to his normal diet . |
4 | Oh he was great tonight he was back to his normal self tonight . |
5 | For him it meant a brief wait until he was of the appropriate age of 21 , in December 1807 ; barely a month later he was off to Doctors ' Commons in St Paul 's Churchyard to sign an allegation ‘ … that he is of the Parish of All Hallows , Barking , London , a bachelor … ’ and ‘ … that there is no lawful impediment … ’ before being issued with a licence by the Archbishop of Canterbury 's Faculty Office . |
6 | I mean , OK I went mad in Barbados or whatever and the rest of it , but the rest of the band are like , ‘ Oh , X went mad , now he 's back to normal , it 's sweet . ’ |
7 | British under 16 champion twice now he 's off to the European Championships … |
8 | If he had taken her here on the couch a few minutes ago , as he had so nearly done , their abandonment to passion then would have been a mutual — equal — thing , but now he was back to being the dominant partner in what remained of their relationship , controlling it and her . |
9 | Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m . |
10 | The man with golden goal touch at the County Ground is still Craig Maskell … the two hundred and fifty thousand pounds that Swindon gave Reading for him is beginning to look chicken feed … 15 goals this season … the last two came last week against Southend … tomorrow he 's off to Ashton gate to shoot Bristol City down … |
11 | Hereford 's top scorer is Owen Pickard … he 's hit seven this season … the best possibly his first on the opening day … tomorrow he 's off to Gigg Lane to have a crack at Bury … |
12 | Tomorrow he is off to Chequers to join the great and the good and John Major for drinks . |
13 | Then he was on to the cabin top and releasing the main halyard . |
14 | Then he was up to the silvery layer of the surface . |
15 | The first glimpse , the blond mane backstage … and then he was out to a standing ovation . |
16 | ‘ OK , that looks pretty crazy , I 'll admit , but sometimes I think maybe he 's up to something , maybe he 's not really crazy after all . |
17 | ‘ Maybe he 's back to his old habits ? ’ |