Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a reward for its co-operation , Hungary was given back to Vojvodina . |
| 2 | The barrister Anthony Hope Hawkins was walking back from Westminster Crown Court to the Temple on 28 November 1893 , having won his case , when the idea of Ruritania came into his head : |
| 3 | Mrs Darne was coming back from Tina 's . |
| 4 | Kim was staring back at him , the openness of his face disarming Hammond . |
| 5 | Late in 1939 Jack Radford was moved back to Toronto and he was sorely missed ; he was succeeded by Peter Aylen who proved a most satisfactory station manager for a year until he also was transferred back east and shortly took over the post as Director of Radio for the United Nations Organization in New York . |
| 6 | Norbert was sent back into the real world , but within weeks he had registered as a disabled person and returned to the hospital . |
| 7 | After a few weeks the final — and expected — decision was made and Shanaz was sent back to Pakistan , frightened and uncertain about the future . |
| 8 | Ebert was glaring back at him , his hands shaking with anger . |
| 9 | Frank was lying back on the pillows with his eyes closed . |
| 10 | Simon was coming back along the waterline with Ben trotting at his heels . |
| 11 | As far as she knew , Alain was going back to Paris in the afternoon and she was going with him , whether he liked it or not ! |
| 12 | Bobo ran to the back of her cage and Fifi had to scamper out of the way to save herself from being trampled , and then Bobo was storming back with a handful of straw and dung which she hurled at Donaldson before slamming herself into the bars and screaming loudly as they shook . |
| 13 | In September 1990 W. was referred back to the clinic which had seen her three years before and began sessions with a clinical psychologist . |
| 14 | The fastest way to talk to Grosvenor Square was to get back to the third floor . |
| 15 | It reads : ‘ This house known as Gorritia was bought back by Marie de Gorriti mother of the late Jean Dolhagaray with the sums sent by him from the Indies which house can not be sold nor pledged . |
| 16 | In 1804 , Lieutenant Piper was posted back to Norfolk Island and as Acting Governor ran the island for six years . |
| 17 | But when the new meeting took place , those members present refused to select a candidate until Mr Knight was put back in contention . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Then an order came to pick up Weibel again ‘ I had to hide my dismay when Weibel was bought back without a blindfold — a sure sign that he was to be killed . ’ |
| 20 | As Endill was walking back to his dormitory after lessons the next day he heard a faint ticking at the end of the main corridor . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Hearing that his friend van Rappard was going back to Holland , he saw little point in prolonging his own stay in Brussels . |
| 23 | The tree-branches creaked and the dry leaves rattled , for Baba Yaga was flying back over the trees in her pestle and mortar . |
| 24 | At the Port Lilla was placed back on narrow gauge track for the journey up to the Quarry . |
| 25 | At the end of his studies , Mr Pozsgay was sent back in 1957 to Kecskemet , to become director of the county party committee 's Marxism-Leninism evening school . |
| 26 | When Cliff was transferred back to Watford in early May 1965 our supporters were much displeased but today Cliff is remembered at Selhurst Park with enormous pleasure by those who were privileged to see him play , and he was , without question , one of the most inspiring players ever to have appeared in the Palace colours . |
| 27 | Some may still remember Christmas 1929 , when a whale washed ashore on rocks at Looe was cast back into the sea by the townsfolk . |
| 28 | As it turned out , Leslie 's baby was destined to be born in England after all , for Lee was transferred back after three months . |
| 29 | The first Bentley was built back in nineteen nineteen and sold in nineteen twenty-two . |
| 30 | But Ratners was held back by another heavy interest bill and the costs of reorganising the group . |