Example sentences of "was [verb] back on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Einstein 's solution was to fall back on the old Romantic notion of the Imagination , suspending his disbelief in order to conduct what he called a " thought experiment " . |
| 2 | The only way to deal with him was to fall back on the technique that had always served her best . |
| 3 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 4 | Frank was lying back on the pillows with his eyes closed . |
| 5 | Peter was lying back on the sofa , doing nothing in particular . |
| 6 | He was hauled back on the edge of the area by O'Leary , a ‘ professional ’ foul for which the Arsenal central defender was booked . |
| 7 | She was lying full length and was helped back on the platform and she was able to sit up and talk . ’ |
| 8 | I was flying back on the 9am British Airways shuttle from the EC Summit on Saturday morning . |
| 9 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 10 | Then he was hauling back on the control column and edging in on Woolley as the flight hurtled up in a long recovery from its dive . |
| 11 | And unknown to us drama was unfolded back on the mainland . |
| 12 | ‘ One piece of advice was to think back on the big innings I have played and think about the positive parts of those innings — picking out the pieces I really enjoyed . |
| 13 | 2 weeks after he was allowed back on the streets , Andrew Hagans murdered Anna McGurk . |
| 14 | It is worth lingering over Churchill 's ‘ overlord ’ experiment , as it was put back on the agenda of reform by Sir Douglas Wass , former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury , in his 1983 Reith Lectures . |
| 15 | I was put back on the diet designed to ‘ build me up ’ . |
| 16 | Menzies was crouching back on the bench , his legs braced , like a cornered hare frozen in a last effort to baffle the enemy . |