Example sentences of "were [vb pp] back [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or maybe a process of natural selection had winnowed out the overworked and discontented , the theoretical and jaded and left the few who were propelled back to the school by the same affection , curiosity and remembered enthusiasm that had drawn us . |
| 2 | Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment . |
| 3 | When process of care measures were reanalysed after excluding the 21 patients who were referred back to the hospital clinic other than through the prompting system , all process of care measures in table IV remained more frequent in the prompted subgroup ( n=65 prompted subjects ) . |
| 4 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 5 | At that point then you were airlifted back to a hospital in Aberdeen . |
| 6 | The old memories were stuffed back into the dark , locked cupboard at the very back of her mind , where she kept them safely shut away . |
| 7 | As Ashi dressed swiftly her eyes were drawn back to the carriage clock . |
| 8 | Her eyes were drawn back to the set , where Dane was still holding court . |
| 9 | The curtains were drawn back to the sound of a hurdy-gurdy . |
| 10 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 11 | His lips were drawn back in a snarl of pain , his skinny white limbs were like a frozen chicken 's . |
| 12 | Staff who helped care for American casualties were invited back for the occasion … along with a cavalcade of military vehicles from the second world war . |
| 13 | A major advantage of this type of input was that these basic validation checks were made at input time and any errors detected were displayed back to the operator immediately , thus allowing corrections to be made quickly . |
| 14 | But we were pulled back from the brink ; the attempt failed . |
| 15 | The two restored to Christian commitment and active church membership were brought back through the testimony of their teenage son and daughter . |
| 16 | His thoughts were brought back to the present when Nanny Fanny gave him a sandwich of buttered bread thickly spread with strawberry jam . |
| 17 | The headman issued vouchers , and the animals were brought back to the slaughterhouse with their papers in order . |
| 18 | The earliest of these was in 1495BC , when frankincense trees were brought back from the Horn of Africa for Queen Hatshepsut . |
| 19 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |
| 20 | Fumes were driven back into the passenger area , leaving the passengers choking . |
| 21 | But they were driven back by a hail of huge roof slates . |
| 22 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 23 | Shelter said : ‘ We were taken back by the response . |
| 24 | Torquay who kept going … kept running , kept chasing a nine goal mountain were allowed back into the game which meant work for Town keeper Nicky Hammond … |
| 25 | Conservationists discovered the extent of the destruction when they were allowed back into the area recently . |
| 26 | Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six . |
| 27 | Until they were reined back by the banking authorities at the end of last year , they had built up huge liabilities in dollars in order to play the interest-rate differentials that foreigners have so enjoyed . |
| 28 | The interim report of the Degree Courses Review Group was discussed and DAB 's concerns were passed back to the group . |
| 29 | ‘ As I said before we left for Argentina , Sella , Mesnel and Lafond were welcomed back to the squad . |
| 30 | The five B–17s were ferried back to the mainland to resume their more mundane tanker duties . |