Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were straying back into the realms of evidence , and that would be a matter for the court when the Proof was heard . |
| 2 | Although many of the yeniçeri forgot all about their origins and became fanatical Muslims , behaving oppressively to their former compatriots when they were posted back into the Balkans , others , like Sokolović , kept in contact with their people and tried to help them . |
| 3 | It was n't until the ninth week that orders finally came through and they were called back to the man-made square . |
| 4 | Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment . |
| 5 | Conservationists discovered the extent of the destruction when they were allowed back into the area recently . |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you for a lovely meal , ’ she said , when Vitor had settled the bill and they were walking back along the quay . |
| 7 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
| 8 | If they were to escape back through the trench they would have to move quickly ; any moment now the sepoys would have crossed the yard from the hospital and outflanked them . |
| 9 | But they were pegged back in the 41st minute when John Bumstead scored with a diving header from Scott Minto ’ s centre . |
| 10 | An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry . |
| 11 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Tillard and Royal Marine Lt. R.C. Hay , spotted another Z.506B as they were heading back towards the carrier , and attacked . |
| 14 | Approximately one hour later , they were brought back to the same room and asked to retell the story again . |
| 15 | Neighbours said they were going back to the country . |
| 16 | It did not matter that they were going back to the house of the Scarabae . |
| 17 | They were shrinking back from the basement door . |