Example sentences of "[noun] have been [vb pp] back in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lay-out of the town had been established back in the twelfth century when a new market place had replaced the old , congested commercial area alongside the church . |
| 2 | The arrival of the T9000 Transputer threatened to be an anti-climax , given that the device had been previewed back in 1991 ( CI No 1,653 ) . |
| 3 | The Terminator has been sent back in time from a future world dominated by machines to assassinate Sarah ( Linda Hamilton from TV 's Beauty and the Beast ) . |
| 4 | However , in April 1990 the President of the World Bank , Barber Conable , said that economic development had been held back in sub-Saharan African countries by the weakness of their political systems , nepotism and corruption . |
| 5 | He commented to a local newspaper : ‘ Every penny has been ploughed back in . |
| 6 | She feels a barrier has gone up between them , that her comments to the girls were perfectly justified and that the whole thing has been thrown back in her face . |
| 7 | At first the Russians had been driven back in disorder , but in the months of July and August they had begun to recover and had driven the Poles back on their tracks until finally the Red Army was at the gates of Warsaw itself . |
| 8 | Sandwiches had been sold back in the Store 's Food Hall . |
| 9 | Hilary Robarts had been slumped back in her chair , her eyes fixed on Lessingham . |