Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 3 | They were off to the Nile to seek a new life , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 6 | With only two weeks to go they were down to the cosmetic touches . |