Example sentences of "back then [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled back then looked away quickly as if she had been caught doing something wrong . |
| 2 | He would walk over and back then go home , life was still sweet in spite of father 's mean ways . |
| 3 | They say that Blind Willie Johnson also learned slide from somebody else , someone who was too early on the scene to be recorded , and God knows who he learned it from , because nobody back then thought to ask those kind of questions . |
| 4 | The people back then had been so absurdly vulnerable , prey to disease and deception . |
| 5 | That 's right and can you play that back then to see what it sounds like ? |
| 6 | I put my hands on my hips , waited till I got my breath back then turned to the farmer . |
| 7 | One particular move was outstanding which started from Dorigo left back then went to Deane , Kelly , Strachan , Kelly on the overlap who crossed for Macca to head down . |
| 8 | The fast disappearing figures of the two girls waved back then disappeared as the bike took a left hand bend . |
| 9 | He told Brett and Rogers to hold back then crossed to where Whitlock stood and held out a hand of greeting . |
| 10 | He brought the book back then squatted there again , closing his eyes and opening the pages at random , reading the first thing his eyes opened upon . |
| 11 | So that the forest could retain its wildness — its original denseness — it was forbidden back then to cut trees or hunt animals , though people were permitted to collect berries , nuts , fruits and medicinal plants . |