Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] back in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were pegged back in the 41st minute when John Bumstead scored with a diving header from Scott Minto ’ s centre . |
| 2 | When my parents ' generation were marrying back in the 1920s not everyone had cars and the best man 's responsibility was to organize transport for all the guests . |
| 3 | These fields in humans were discovered back in the 1940s and 1950s . |
| 4 | Her breasts were stranded back in the fifties . |
| 5 | The Peke-faced cat was known back in the 1930s , but the other three were all discovered in the 1960s and were quickly established by enthusiastic local breeders , delighted to be founding new lines of pedigree cats . |
| 6 | Her black hair was swept back in the careless style that only the most expensive hairdressing can give . |
| 7 | Now she was sunk back in the same state , or perilously near to it . |