Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norbert was sent back into the real world , but within weeks he had registered as a disabled person and returned to the hospital . |
| 2 | Frank was lying back on the pillows with his eyes closed . |
| 3 | Simon was coming back along the waterline with Ben trotting at his heels . |
| 4 | In September 1990 W. was referred back to the clinic which had seen her three years before and began sessions with a clinical psychologist . |
| 5 | The fastest way to talk to Grosvenor Square was to get back to the third floor . |
| 6 | Beattie was taken back to the cell and shortly afterwards brought down to the main police office where the other men who had been arrested were being assembled . |
| 7 | FitzAlan was leaning back against the wall , seemingly at ease , but his eyes were narrowed and the muscles of the forearm braced over his raised knee were rigid . |
| 8 | The tree-branches creaked and the dry leaves rattled , for Baba Yaga was flying back over the trees in her pestle and mortar . |
| 9 | Some may still remember Christmas 1929 , when a whale washed ashore on rocks at Looe was cast back into the sea by the townsfolk . |
| 10 | In his post-election Cabinet reshuffle Sandys was sent back to the Ministry of Supply to use his undoubted energies to create the much needed Ministry of Aviation . |
| 11 | Menzies was crouching back on the bench , his legs braced , like a cornered hare frozen in a last effort to baffle the enemy . |
| 12 | Peter was lying back on the sofa , doing nothing in particular . |
| 13 | And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky . |
| 14 | Cheryl 's three words were hardly finished before Angela was racing back to the farmhouse shouting at the top of her voice . |
| 15 | Like it or not , Louisa Agnew was driven back upon the Hall . |
| 16 | They had got into conversation one evening when Ianthe was coming back from the library where she worked , and it had reassured her — coming as a stranger to this rather doubtful neighbourhood — to meet somebody whom her mother would have described as a ‘ gentlewoman ’ . |
| 17 | The conflict led to Douglas 's dismissal from the Cabinet in December 1988 and Lange 's resignation as Prime Minister in August 1989 when Douglas was voted back into the Cabinet by the Labour caucus . |
| 18 | Doyle was flung back across the table , a milk bottle exploding in the bag he held across his chest . |
| 19 | But before he could move there was a click and Doyle was starting back towards the camera . |
| 20 | If Patrick was sent back to the hospital he might be temporarily revived , but only briefly and perhaps in some damaged state . |
| 21 | In the middle of the afternoon , at the end of the six hours ' questioning , Mrs B was driven back through the dark , dreary day , and dumped outside her garage door . |
| 22 | After the children were driven away , Mrs B was taken back into the house and told the police had a warrant to search it . |
| 23 | Eventually , Haverford was driven back in the Metro the Harrisons had left at Fosdyke 's disposal . |
| 24 | She came back to collect her when she was three but after finding out the toddler was being beaten and burnt , social workers intervened and Natasha was taken back to the safety of the orphanage . |