Example sentences of "they [modal v] [be] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the basic uncertainty in the mother may well transmit itself to the child and the relationship between the two of them could be off to a shaky start . |
| 2 | They may be up to 5 m ( 15 ft or so ) thick and underlain by 50 m ( 150 ft or so ) of weathered material . |
| 3 | These nodules are fibrous in character and are very firmly applied to the mucosa ; they may be up to 2.0 cm in diameter . |
| 4 | because they must be up to their eyes in debt |
| 5 | ‘ Aw they 'll be up to somethin' , nae doot , ’ Isa 's needles clicked and the paddle-wheels of the Jeannie Deans churned on remorselessly through the grey waters of the Clyde , ‘ Chunk … chunk … chunk … ’ |
| 6 | Does n't look as though they 'll be up to anything tonight . |
| 7 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 8 | There are twenty six er coal-fired power stations now , I believe they 'll be down to ten within the next three years , and I think in the electricity generating industry another ten thousand jobs could go . |
| 9 | evening and they 'll be off to Glasgow for the weekend |
| 10 | They felt they might be on to a good thing . |
| 11 | First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing . |
| 12 | They 'd be on to central heating systems next . |
| 13 | Erm they would n't she 'd be alright for the first time you see , but they would get tired and then they 'd be they 'd be on to me . |
| 14 | It would probably carry on like this for at least another hour , and then the first of the departures would begin ; the ones with an early start in the morning , the ones with teenaged babysitters , the ones who rarely went out anyway … an hour after that they 'd be down to the hard core , and an hour after that it would just be a case of guiding out those last drunks who were too far-gone to find the door . |
| 15 | If something did n't break , and soon , they would be back to square one . |
| 16 | But next time they will be on to you . |
| 17 | They can be up to 200ft ( 60m ) in diameter and are mostly constructed of stones , with a rim , and spokes radiating out from a central cairn . |
| 18 | By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim . |