Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mounted officers called ‘ rangers ’ were appointed to drive back into the forest deer which had strayed into the purlieus . |
| 2 | The two understudies were asked to come back on the Friday afternoon , when there was going to be a complete run of the play for the producers and Malcolm Harris . |
| 3 | Under George Bush , NASA was committed to go back to the moon and on to Mars , and the space station was arguably a step on that road . |
| 4 | But when I enquired about the location of the Waaf Site , I was told to climb back on the wagon . |
| 5 | Barry , assistant manager at Perry 's brasserie in Beaumont Street , was forced to drive back to the bar in his own car and ordered to open the safe . |
| 6 | It was only last summer that she was allowed to get back in the swing . |
| 7 | He was sentenced to two years in prison , and was ordered to pay back to the state several thousand Swiss francs which he had used illegally to arrange a place at a Swiss university for Zhivkov 's grandson [ see p. 38017 ] . |