Example sentences of "[pron] be back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time I go to Cambridge I come back depressed as hell ; then as soon as I am back to a Norfolk class spirits soar again . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm back for a couple of nights , ’ I said weakly . |
| 3 | I 'm back with a computer magazine now . |
| 4 | And , of course , the trouble is , and once again I 'm back into a a bandwagon effort of mine , is the financial aspect , if you actually examine the Japanese philosophy , then their loan system is totally different ours when it comes to regenerating the manufacturing industry . |
| 5 | And when I 'm back in a minute or two |
| 6 | Inside the bar they descended again into the dining alcove , and they sat at a table by a small-paned window which was back on a level with the path outside . |
| 7 | She felt as if she were back in a milieu which she understood , that she had an indefinable rapport with this tall , shaggy , rather solitary figure , dressed in jeans and an open-necked shirt and , as she had just observed , running-shoes . |
| 8 | But now she 's back with a new healthy image , two young children — and has remarried her ex-husband |
| 9 | But now she 's back with a superb new single called No Ordinary Love . |
| 10 | The following day she was back with a hard-covered , exercise book and a pot of glue . |
| 11 | They had barely exchanged the time of day before she was back with a trolley laden with plates of charcuterie and cheese , a basket of bread and a bowl of salad . |
| 12 | She was back for a moment on Bras d'Or , casting off coiling the painter up neatly , approved of by her father , and by Louise . |
| 13 | She was back in a vehicle again , but this time it was hers . |
| 14 | Once the appeal is made , however , we are back with a scepticism that depends on an argument . |
| 15 | In the first place , in the ( rare ) cases where sentence-meaning exhausts utterance-meaning ( i.e. where the speaker meant exactly what he said , no more , no less ) , the same content would be assigned both to semantics and pragmatics In other words , we would need to restrict the notion of utterance-meaning in such a way that we subtract sentence-meaning , and in that case we are back to a definition of pragmatics by residue . |
| 16 | After the mixed card on St Patrick 's Day we are back to an all National Hunt affair and the main race , the Sportsman Hunter Chase , may go to Bajan Blues who almost brought off the shock defeat of Matt Reid at the last meeting . |
| 17 | We would say that the gap has , it did widen , it 's narrowed again , and we , we 're back to a situation of stability . |
| 18 | Now they 're back with a corker called ‘ Hey Donna ’ ( Impact American ) . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | 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 … |
| 21 | They were back in a narrow country road and there were powerful lights behind them . |
| 22 | They were back within a fortnight . |
| 23 | ‘ I think we both realise that if we are booted off RCA , it 's back to a bedsit . |
| 24 | And you know , as we come and submit ourselves to God , and as we look back , whether it 's back on a day , on a week , on a month , on year , on a lifetime , he has given to us far , far more than we could ever have asked or expected from him ! , as the apostle said , he is able to do abundantly above all that we can ask or think ! |
| 25 | Under the sound money party , it is back with a vengeance — £20 billion next year . |
| 26 | But with Margaret Thatcher gone and the much more understanding Michael Heseltine installed at Trade and Industry , he is back with a vengeance . |
| 27 | The moment she leaves , he 's back with a blonde on each arm . ’ |
| 28 | Now he 's back with a furiously reworked ragga version of the Beatles B-side ‘ She 's A Woman ’ , heading straight for the Top 40 as we speak and featuring top toasting from ragga megastar Shabba Ranks . |
| 29 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |
| 30 | After the second course he was back on a normal diet , gaining weight rapidly . |