Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] back to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We felt we were halfway back to civilian life , being off the camp and in the middle of an interesting town . |
| 2 | They were always back to Harry , do what Philip would . |
| 3 | My stomach and throat were almost back to normal , though my voice still sounded harsh . |
| 4 | The cheer that went up when it was realized that everyone was safely back almost made Grimma forget that they were safely back to a very unsafe place . |
| 5 | Dougal was halfway back to the car park before it occurred to him that flight was not necessarily the wisest course of action . |
| 6 | He was also back to the daily pile of paperwork and would be closeted with secretaries for much of the day . |
| 7 | I ca n't remember feeling particularly ill , but my energy was now back to zero and my zest for life at a nadir . |
| 8 | Alain Lemarchand 's voice was now back to coldness , his dark eyes icy . |
| 9 | Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt . |
| 10 | By 1979 energy consumption was almost back to the 1973 level but this trend was abruptly curtailed by the second oil shock which contributed to the worst recession in the UK since the Second World War . |
| 11 | To warm herself up she lay in hot water up to her chin , her hair tied up on top of her head , consoling herself with the fact that physically she was almost back to normal . |