Example sentences of "we were [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were prancing about making a racket in the middle of the night so they had a helicopter up straight away to see what we were up to . ’ |
| 2 | Absolutely I was aware that Graham was very anxious to be involved in this process , er for example he wrote me a note and I think other members and it 's because of those , of those notes that I was anxious that we should inform them of what we were up to and if you want to share any of the papers or agendas please ask . |
| 3 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 4 | We were up to our necks in running the gallery and it was always ‘ next year ’ . ’ |
| 5 | We were not to be disappointed . |
| 6 | Well perhaps if we will , we were n't to , if we went next week , we 'd have two weeks earlier than last year wo n't we ? |
| 7 | How glad we were soon to be of this memory . |
| 8 | You know he used to see to a lot of our meals , and see that we were away to school and such-like . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Luckily we were on to their plan and switched off the power before we moved in . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We were on to Dead Lib again . |
| 12 | The snuffles and crunches of some unknown thing convinced my grandad that we were about to be mugged . |
| 13 | Roughly halfway between the target and the coast the rear gunner signalled that we were about to be attacked and my ham-fisted evasive action severed the repair that the Night engineer had made to the aileron controls . |
| 14 | Thus all things were bearing an equal strain and we were westward-bound when a frantic signal from the rear gunner warned me that we were about to be attacked again , and my heavy-handed evasive action severed the aileron control repair . |
| 15 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
| 16 | The RSM brought everyone to attention , ‘ By the right , quick march , ’ barked the Officer and we were off to a jaunty 6–8 time , Blue Bonnets Over the Border , as I got under way . |
| 17 | After another picnic , this time on the steps of the control tower , we were off to Spain . |
| 18 | Coffee and a stroll up to the nearest AVIS and we were off to our next destination . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Plan B was no plan and we were off to Condoriri . |
| 22 | We had to assume we were off to Beni Hasan , for Ramses had yet to speak a word to us . |
| 23 | So we were off to the races . |
| 24 | ‘ Time we were off to bed . ’ |
| 25 | Rudy were n't about because we were building the conservatory , we were off to Spain the next day |
| 26 | The rumours were fanned , I suppose , by the fact that we were often to be seen together at professional and social engagements away from the studios . |
| 27 | So , after a month with two guitarists , we were back to being what we started out to be , a four-piece . |
| 28 | how we were back to our best and they were extremely lucky not to get a good hiding . |
| 29 | Soon we were down to our last lumps of coal . |
| 30 | And then we were down to five shillings a week , there was four of us you see , five shillings a week relief . |