Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a a motor been on here , it was on to ring the school bells . |
| 2 | Mr Crumwallis , satisfied that it was up to date , handed it to Mike Pumfrey , who inspected it in silence . |
| 3 | I mean the book itself is just published last , er Thursday I believe it was , and er so it was up to date , is up to date until the summer , which is you know more up to date than any other book , so it 's got things like : Greta Garbo dying , and Princess Eugenie being born and Nelson Mandela being free , and of course it 's the first encyclopaedia to have all the details of nineteen eighty nine , the , the upheaval in , in Europe , all the political changes and whatever . |
| 4 | Surely it was up to Mum to get on her feet again ? |
| 5 | So it was it was up to Mum to make you nice and tidy and smart , like they always used to look after you , and send you down and say , Do n't come back without it . |
| 6 | Trade associations have been informed but Customs & Excise said it was up to industry bodies to inform their members . |
| 7 | He said Novell was interested in exploring the possibility of offering links to all operating systems and Apple wanted to start penetrating the corporate environment ; it was up to Apple whether to take the project to the next step . |
| 8 | After deciding that oak would be best for the job , it was then to work , carefully measuring the arch and getting it all drawn up to scale . |
| 9 | Eventually the Head of Customs authorised our documents so it was back to Gate One for the two remaining stamps to allow us into Austria . |
| 10 | It was back to square one : telly 24 hours a day . |
| 11 | It was back to square one . |
| 12 | So it was back to square one . |
| 13 | After a brief flurry of original stories at the beginning of the First World War , it was back to business as usual and , by the early 1920s , some 95 per cent of film stories were adapted from the stage or novels . |
| 14 | Then it was back to hospital where he still faces months of physiotherapy and speech therapy . |
| 15 | After that heartening victory it was back to league games and a very poor run of results . |
| 16 | So it was back to adult medicine , and the odd casualty who needed treatment . |
| 17 | After that it was back to cup action where a victory was won against Kilsyth by 4 goals to nil . |
| 18 | Quiss interrupted , baring his teeth and leaning closer towards the small attendant , who shrunk back so much further Ajayi felt sure it was about to overbalance and fall backwards — " Just do whatever you have to do and let's see if we can get out of this filthy place . " |