Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want the person standing up because then you were back to the body shape , so he had to be sitting down . |
| 2 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
| 3 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
| 4 | ‘ Carter was the first guy I sat down with to discuss this thing ’ , he told The Art Newspaper , ‘ and as soon as I did , we were off to the races ’ . |
| 5 | However , within a few overs of the start , we were off to the newsroom , and cries of disbelief were audible from living-rooms all around the country . |
| 6 | So we were off to the races . |
| 7 | Since 1984 the relative incomes of workers in the non-productive sector have been allowed to recover ; and by 1987 they were back to the position which they occupied in 1979 . |
| 8 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 9 | They were off to the Nile to seek a new life , |
| 10 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 11 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 12 | With only two weeks to go they were down to the cosmetic touches . |
| 13 | If it were up to the faithful in Blackpool , Margaret Thatcher would go ‘ on and on ’ . |
| 14 | but you can do it because you know you can go back home as it were in to the other area . |