Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] back [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tremayne said nothing until we were driving back to the stable and then all he did was ask me if I were happy with what I 'd done . |
| 2 | The girls were walking back under a glorious moon to the holiday complex of Monte Samana , where they were sharing Rosie 's parents ' villa . |
| 3 | Most were turning back to the western shore , to life but certain capture . |
| 4 | Darling — and I 'm sure this wo n't be inopportune — do n't worry about me , because I 'm really quite a ‘ happy warrior ’ ; it was the thought of leaving you , and the fact that you were going back to a hard grind , which prompted my outpourings . |
| 5 | They 'd just sunk that pit and they were starting to turn coal and the the the miners were straggling back to the new pit you see ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Relegation followed , and the hopelessly over-stretched club were sliding back towards the Fourth Division when Toshack resigned in 1984 . |
| 8 | Chris was looking back at a colourful four-wheeled cart drawn by two tasselled horses . |
| 9 | When I arrived at MGM , I felt like I was going back to an enormous boarding school again . |
| 10 | He was going back into the National Health Service and had taken a consultancy in a drug dependency unit based at the Lurie Foundation Hospital for Dipsomaniacs on Hampstead Road . |
| 11 | She sensed that he was holding back with a massive effort , suppressing his own hunger with iron discipline . |
| 12 | The first was coming back from a fruitless wait for Gríshnakh the orc , dead and burnt that same day , with the smoke from his burning ‘ seen by many watchful eyes ’ . |
| 13 | Patriarchal power in education was coming back in a big way , and was endorsed in the 1986 Education Act 's stipulation that sex education should be taught within a moral framework and with due regard to family life . |
| 14 | But Robert , on that evening , was dipping back to a famous essay by the great Cambridge economist . |
| 15 | ‘ In a Darkfall — they do , ’ replied Rohmer — and now he was striding back through the biting wind towards the office block . |