Example sentences of "they have been [vb pp] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 'd been traced back to here , it would have been your responsibility . ’ |
| 2 | A few Bronze Age artifacts were turned up in the dark soil , but they had meant nothing to those who had seen them , and they had been turned back into the earth . |
| 3 | The England one-day expert hit an unbeaten 65 as Lancashire reached only 218 for six off their allotted 55 overs after they had been pegged back by Leicester 's lively attack . |
| 4 | The prosecution could not prove that he had encashed the giros because they are destroyed by the DSS twelve months after they have been received back from the clearing banks . |
| 5 | Consequently , the weft strands form the pattern on the face of the rug which , because they have been looped back around the warp strands , is clearly visible from both back and front . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect they have been taken back to the Wyrmberg . ’ |