Example sentences of "[was/were] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widnes were back to a full complement of players by the time Tony Thorniley scored Warrington 's second , again from an inspired Mackey pass , but the visitors were powerless to prevent the centre reaching the line from 25 yards . |
| 2 | Since 1984 the relative incomes of workers in the non-productive sector have been allowed to recover ; and by 1987 they were back to the position which they occupied in 1979 . |
| 3 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 4 | I did n't want the person standing up because then you were back to the body shape , so he had to be sitting down . |
| 5 | So she went with the architect and he was wanting to show us this kind of and we were like , were cold and were back to the hotel , we did n't even go into the house . |
| 6 | The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority . |
| 7 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 8 | Watford though were a tough bunch … they were n't going to lie down and die and sure enough they were back with an equaliser from Ken Charlery … |
| 9 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |
| 10 | The Greeks did very little during the winter because of bad weather but each spring they were back on the water , checking that everything was nautika or boatworthy . |
| 11 | Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat . |
| 12 | The shoes were back on the desk top . |
| 13 | His eyes were back on the road and he did not see Madeleine 's mouth turn down in a pout . |
| 14 | They were amber as she swung the car round to the right and through them , heading down a side street , taking another right then another until they were back on the street where they 'd started . |
| 15 | He glanced across to her , then his eyes were back on the road . |
| 16 | They were back on the broad but darkened thoroughfare of Holborn . |
| 17 | in the fifties the team won the marathon race five times … they were back on the winning trail in 88 and again in 90 … |
| 18 | Once they were back on the train there was yet more waving of handkerchiefs from pin-hatted ladies who would remain spinsters for the rest of their lives . |
| 19 | You got a few months and then you were paid off you were back on the dole . |
| 20 | I knew where we were now — we were back at the Avon Gorge . |
| 21 | Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi . |
| 22 | Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery . |
| 23 | We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened . |
| 24 | As soon as they were back at the auberge , Iris vanished into their minuscule en suite bathroom . |
| 25 | By Monday evening the Wycliffes were back at The Watch House , their home outside the city where he had his headquarters , and on Tuesday morning he was in his office . |
| 26 | Maxim said nothing more until they were back at the inn . |
| 27 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 28 | When the Oxford players ran on the pitch , they must have felt they were back at the Manor so warm was the welcome . |
| 29 | If I were back at the A squared , I squared is minus one , so I 've got minus three squared , there 's two give me by I Equals minus thirty nine , now because those two complex numbers are the same are the same , so sixteen is E S squared minus three square , the imaginary grids are also the same , so minus thirty equals two , eight B. |
| 30 | The next day , the loyal supporters , still holding aloft their banners and placards , were back outside the court in Kirkwall . |