Example sentences of "been [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
2 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
3 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
4 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
5 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
6 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
7 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
8 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
9 | When he went round the corner to her room and knocked , she would have to pretend that she had been down to the kitchens . |
10 | During the last week of September that year , Cornwall had been enjoying an Indian summer and Edna and Celia had been down to the Cove every day . |
11 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
12 | Reuben Boll must have been down to the Canaries or Tenerife . |
13 | That must have been down to the policeman . |
14 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
15 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
16 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
17 | He 'd been down to the coke-cellar beneath the church , where the stage was stored , and with the assistance of Mr Peniket he 'd tried the curtains for size . |
18 | She had been down to the lochside in the early morning with a basket of crusts and potato peelings for the water birds and had left a row of neat black boot prints in the snow . |
19 | Adam said , ‘ I have n't been down to the cottage in an age . |
20 | It would have been down to the Academy to appoint the next ruler of the Seven Planets . |
21 | ‘ We have been down to the bare bones before . |
22 | he said in all that , we got two he said the other one cut itself badly this morning on er a piece of glass obvious he said managed to come back to me you know being on a lead all his leg was cut so he sort of been down to the vet and had two stitches |
23 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
24 | My sisters have been along to a couple of events , and Mum and Dad watch my performances on television , as well as videos of my races . |
25 | Since then , several lucky Hairflair readers have been along to the Feature You studios in London for a fabulous make-over and photographic shoot — with some stunning results … |
26 | Patrick , so he told Franca , had been over to the flat at Victoria and had had a ‘ talk ’ with Marcus . |
27 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
28 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Worried that leaving it in the basket might suggest that she had been up to no good , the girl ran downstairs starkers with her boyfriend in hot pursuit , playfully offering to help . |