Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] back to the " in BNC.

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1	He took a briefcase with him , as if he were going back to the Works .
2	The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife .
3	In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust .
4	His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it .
5	He was sent back to the front only twenty-one days after Lieutenant Makepeace had leapt up and shouted , ‘ Follow me . ’
6	Having made his eccentric gesture , John returned to his position at the bow of the boat and to the strains of a rousing strathspey he was rowed back to the shore .
7	Mr Hyslop had had little idea how badly he was injured until he was heading back to the station in the van .
8	In 1895 he was promoted back to the second class , but two years later , at the age of forty-five , a medical board found him unfit for duty ‘ due to chronic rheumatism and cracked feet ’ .
9	However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night .
10	He was taken back to the ward on his bed and staff nurse then checked his condition .
11	Once , on a day of snow and melting slush , he was walking back to the Marylebone Road when the Asshe carriage passed by , with Johnny at the reins .
12	In time , he was welcomed back to the Salvation Army , who even arranged for a star bearing his name to be laid on Hollywood Boulevard alongside those of the great movie stars .
13	The head 's face immediately fell , as he was brought back to the tribulations of the moment .
14	However , he assured her that the fact Putt was conscious when he was brought back to the manor meant he had probably suffered no permanent damage .
15	He was going back to the Cluanie Inn .

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