Example sentences of "'d [been] [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within minutes the car was free , and before I could thank the young farmer I 'd been invited back for a cup of tea and some hot broth . |
| 2 | If they 'd been traced back to here , it would have been your responsibility . ’ |
| 3 | If we 'd been put back with an American maybe it meant that at least one of us could expect to be released . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'd been taken back to Germany for slave labour . |
| 5 | Whatever evidence the IAAF officials discovered in the laboratory , one only needed to look at recent pictures of Johnson , in which he resembled an inflated balloon , to guess that his improved times showed he 'd been sucked back into the drug culture . |
| 6 | The trap in Sam 's boathouse kept intruding and so did Angela Brickell ; the cold threat of khaki water that could rush into aching lungs to bring oblivion and the earthy girl who 'd been claimed back by the earth , eaten clean by earth creatures , become earth-digested dust . |
| 7 | Not only had a 30-minute journey taken one hour , but according to him , we 'd been brought back to where we started ! |