Example sentences of "has be [vb pp] back [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 A recruitment committee is to be formed to provide jobs for players and Greville Edwards has been invited back as a commission-only commercial manager to revive the sponsorship and hospitality income .
2 It has been sent back with a frosty message from one of his constituents , who is unidentified .
3 Workfare was on the committee 's agenda but the committee has now been wound up and it is thought workfare has been pushed back as an idea requiring long-term consideration rather than implementation in the near future .
4 The restaurant has been turned back into a house — little expense spared and the quality of work by the local joiner is superb , no other word for it .
5 In fishing this literally means that the catching sector has been forced back into a more primitive , earlier phase .
6 Business has been held back by a combination of recession and tough environmental laws but the drive is on to recover lost sales volume .
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