Example sentences of "i [vb base] been [adv prt] to " in BNC.

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1 I 've been up to my eyes in mannequins and haute couture . ’
2 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 . ’
3 I 've been up to my ears , ’ he says .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 I 've been up to church .
7 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 ?
8 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 .
9 I 've been on to the P.L.A .
10 I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment .
11 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 .
12 I 've been round to Merle 's .
13 I 've been out to Sierra Leone two or three times , ’ said Rosenior .
14 Yes , I was working at Walsall airport er Walsall electrics , sorry , at the time and er I 've been out to the pictures I , with a couple of friends and er I got home this particular evening and I put the late night dance music on on the radio and they , they interrupted the programme to tell us that er Germany had accepted unconditional surrender and the war was over .
15 ‘ To be on the safe side , I 've been back to the beginning of the year .
16 I 've been back to London a few times in the last year , and I 've had some great times there , ’ she enthused .
17 As you can imagine , I 've been along to Mattlock 's .
18 I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time .
19 I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time .
20 Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment .
21 Honestly I have been Up To My Eyes in it recently .
22 Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it .
23 I have been back to the tavern but have never found this treasure . ]
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