Example sentences of "had [adv] [be] [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was therefore with great irritation that I noticed a day or two later that they had all been moved back to the ‘ General Interest ’ section . |
| 2 | So any knife you might have in your hand had better be put back in its sheath ! ’ |
| 3 | Miss Wharton had already been driven back to Crowhurst Gardens by a WPC , there to be solaced no doubt with tea and sympathy . |
| 4 | It meant he had finally been accepted back into the Royal fold after being stripped of his OBE when he was jailed for tax evasion . |
| 5 | This claim was based on the perception that ( i ) no police had been deployed to counter the attack , despite warnings that it was expected ; ( ii ) police had dispersed residents from barricades which they had erected to protect themselves ; and ( ii ) several of the attackers had arrived in police armoured vehicles and had later been escorted back to the hostel by police . |
| 6 | Yugoslav Macedonians had also been flown back from Athens under a new regulation demanding that they should possess US$1,000 on entry to Greece . |
| 7 | Command of the main army was entrusted for the moment to a veteran Huguenot general , Sir John [ later first Earl of ] Ligonier , aged 65 , who had also been called back from the Continent , though it was understood he would become subordinate to Cumberland as soon as the latter was ready to take over . |