Example sentences of "was driven back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the middle of the afternoon , at the end of the six hours ' questioning , Mrs B was driven back through the dark , dreary day , and dumped outside her garage door . |
2 | I knew that on the island one was driven back into the past . |
3 | Then she was driven back to the squat , where she spent all afternoon putting up her curtains where none had been , or replacing curtains for which she had no feeling . |
4 | Eventually I was driven back to the Noones ’ house by a blue-clad security man . |
5 | Fifty years ago , the British expeditionary force fighting the German army in France , was driven back to the beaches of the town of Dunkirk . |
6 | After thanks and apologies all round I was driven back to the Lion to find that my borrowed sheep had been sold and had disappeared . |
7 | Like it or not , Louisa Agnew was driven back upon the Hall . |
8 | Eventually , Haverford was driven back in the Metro the Harrisons had left at Fosdyke 's disposal . |