Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] back by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 2 | ‘ As it was , I was referred back by the clinic a week later because of blood pressure problems and the midwife kept a check on me . |
| 3 | ‘ I was coming back by the path from the ferry , through the woodland , and where the trees are thickest I stumbled over him . |
| 4 | " We 're going back by the beach , " Kate said . |
| 5 | At the Legation we were welcomed back by the servants and reverted happily to our accustomed way of life . |
| 6 | Shelter said : ‘ We were taken back by the response . |
| 7 | Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment . |
| 8 | Until they were reined back by the banking authorities at the end of last year , they had built up huge liabilities in dollars in order to play the interest-rate differentials that foreigners have so enjoyed . |