Example sentences of "we [was/were] [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Off you go , ’ and I gathered we were to go back to the beginning and start again . |
| 2 | But we were pulled back from the brink ; the attempt failed . |
| 3 | We were driven back through the nearly empty streets . |
| 4 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 5 | On the contrary , when that afternoon 's session ended and we were walking back across the campus , he put one of his Anglepoise arms across my shoulders and attempted some avuncularity . |
| 6 | As we were walking back through the garden to the house , he said to me , ‘ Jane , you 've had a strange night . |
| 7 | At the Legation we were welcomed back by the servants and reverted happily to our accustomed way of life . |
| 8 | Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ? |
| 9 | Shelter said : ‘ We were taken back by the response . |
| 10 | And , when we were driving back towards the tunnel , do you know Upper Parliament Street ? |
| 11 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 12 | If we were to travel back in a time-machine some five million years the physical differences would be quite discernible , even though most species such as monkeys , lions , horses and eagles would still exist . |
| 13 | The men paused in their tracks , locating the sound , and within seconds we were hurrying back to a place that we 'd passed where the sheer slope of the mountain was broken only by the deep rift of a water-course . |
| 14 | ‘ We were going back to the hotel when it happened . |