Example sentences of "be [adv] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have been on to her or somebody 's given her away , one or t' other , 'cos it must have been a set-up cop . |
| 2 | But she 'll wear it if she has to , and she wants to go to Lourdes , the priest 's been on to her and she 's … ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Consul-General 's been on to me . |
| 5 | ‘ A girl called Louise Stacey has been on to them , asking how she could contact you . |
| 6 | Mr Kronweiser had been on to something . |
| 7 | Besides , in those days , the girls would have been on to it quick as a flash and we did n't want that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They 've been on to us . |
| 10 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
| 11 | Whether or not the fruits of such a hybrid could be commercially exploited is not yet clear , however MacDonald and Wimpey feel that they are on to something very exciting . |
| 12 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 13 | The police are on to it , but that 's not enough for me . ’ |
| 14 | If it 'd been down to me , this park would never 've been sited here . |
| 15 | Lucy , who has 13 grandchildren and two great grandsons , added : ‘ I have already been down to my flat and have had a laugh with my friends . |
| 16 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 17 | In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch . |
| 18 | She addressed Lizzie now , saying , ‘ Have you been in to your mother ? ’ |
| 19 | But both sexes are down to one a day by the age of 18 , said Dr Connor , who interviewed 1,000 youngsters in his research . |
| 20 | However they are not to everyone 's tastes . |
| 21 | Many of these are not to our taste , but there 's no doubt that even those items that would look more at home in a flower arrangement have been designed and coloured with fishkeeping in mind . |
| 22 | We kill her and Karel will know we 're on to him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 've got enough to let Cawthorne know we 're on to him , or we have by tomorrow night . |
| 24 | You 're on to me tonight , you are . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ It 's early days , but I definitely think we 're on to something . ’ |
| 26 | Alert them to the fact that we 're on to something , if they know we 've out-guessed them in their stupid game , then we do n't know what they might do . |
| 27 | ‘ Just when you think you 're on to something it all unravels . ’ |
| 28 | You 're on to something , and all this is the result of it . |
| 29 | We created something here , something live and good and untrammelled by the rigor mortis of this dying , stinking society clinging with its preying claws so hard to its privileges because it knows it 's dying , only it wants to kill everything else too , only able to say thou Shalt Not because it 's envious , because it 's cold and impotent — they only have to sniff a little bit of genius , of freedom , of life , and they 're on to it with the , lackey hounds tearing it up , and for why ? |
| 30 | ‘ They 're on to us , ’ he groaned , wondering whether he should put his foot down on the accelerator instead . |