Example sentences of "to [be] back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her .
2 He hopes to be back for the play offs .
3 Ms Tutweiller will be working towards that time because she plans to be back with a vengeance — when Baker challenges President Bill Clinton for the White House in four years ' time .
4 Although he enjoyed ARP work my husband was really fretting to be back with the Navy .
5 ‘ You 've got three hours to be back with the money . ’
6 They had hoped to be back at the beginning of next season but it now looks unlikely to be until half-way through it .
7 What a feeling of power to be back at the wheel again !
8 Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock .
9 Martin Bell is pleased to be back on the circuit , despite disappointing results early on after his knee operation
10 Now he 's hoping to be back on the golf course soon and singing again by the end of the year .
11 She was thrilled to be back on the trail again .
12 Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City .
13 However , right now USL is believed to be back on the road to going public .
14 Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages .
15 ‘ Everyone thought I was marvellous to be back on the catwalk seven weeks after Amber was born .
16 Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’
17 They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century .
18 And so we seem to be back to the idea that pragmatics concerns whatever aspects of meaning are not included in semantics .
19 Would you not agree that he appears to be back to the form of two years ago ? ’
20 I hope to be back before the end of the week . ’
21 By this time he 'd let Josie 's body down and was checking through her pockets , which was a no-hope situation if ever there was one — women almost always carried their stuff around in handbags , and hers had to be back inside the building somewhere .
22 Darling , I am sorry , I really expect to be back inside the week , and I would n't go if anyone else could .
23 ‘ He was dumped on me by your friend when he vanished , promising , of course , to be back in a day or two . ’
24 I let myself unwind at last — how good it feels to be back in the field , especially in this cinnamon-scented corner of the mortal sphere .
25 No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening .
26 It was good to be back in the peace of the Outer Isles , to swim and laze in the still of a summer evening .
27 You almost end up yearning with the RAF trainees to be back in the cockpit getting on with the business : flying .
28 She did n't know where she was and she longed to be back in the cottage where it was safe .
29 It was a slow-going mile , but towards the end one could hear occasional cars along the road ahead and Gareth and Coconut with whoops crashed through the last few yards , again , as the week before , relieved to be back in the space age .
30 If we do not make the U-turn , that treaty requires us to be back in the ERM , or the son of ERM , before the next election . ’
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