Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were knocked back on the bloody floor . |
| 2 | She could hear guests on the tennis-courts ; if she were to walk back to the house now , straightway , taking the short cut , she could avoid them . |
| 3 | Off you go , ’ and I gathered we were to go back to the beginning and start again . |
| 4 | But we were pulled back from the brink ; the attempt failed . |
| 5 | We were driven back through the nearly empty streets . |
| 6 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 7 | On the contrary , when that afternoon 's session ended and we were walking back across the campus , he put one of his Anglepoise arms across my shoulders and attempted some avuncularity . |
| 8 | As we were walking back through the garden to the house , he said to me , ‘ Jane , you 've had a strange night . |
| 9 | At the Legation we were welcomed back by the servants and reverted happily to our accustomed way of life . |
| 10 | Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ? |
| 11 | Shelter said : ‘ We were taken back by the response . |
| 12 | And , when we were driving back towards the tunnel , do you know Upper Parliament Street ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ We were going back to the hotel when it happened . |
| 15 | They were straying back into the realms of evidence , and that would be a matter for the court when the Proof was heard . |
| 16 | Although many of the yeniçeri forgot all about their origins and became fanatical Muslims , behaving oppressively to their former compatriots when they were posted back into the Balkans , others , like Sokolović , kept in contact with their people and tried to help them . |
| 17 | It was n't until the ninth week that orders finally came through and they were called back to the man-made square . |
| 18 | Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment . |
| 19 | Conservationists discovered the extent of the destruction when they were allowed back into the area recently . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you for a lovely meal , ’ she said , when Vitor had settled the bill and they were walking back along the quay . |
| 21 | While they were walking back from the Huddersfield discotheque , it suddenly dawned on Fred and Arthur that they had eaten three main meals that day instead of two . |
| 22 | If they were to escape back through the trench they would have to move quickly ; any moment now the sepoys would have crossed the yard from the hospital and outflanked them . |
| 23 | But they were pegged back in the 41st minute when John Bumstead scored with a diving header from Scott Minto ’ s centre . |
| 24 | An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry . |
| 25 | One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on . |
| 26 | Until they were reined back by the banking authorities at the end of last year , they had built up huge liabilities in dollars in order to play the interest-rate differentials that foreigners have so enjoyed . |
| 27 | Tillard and Royal Marine Lt. R.C. Hay , spotted another Z.506B as they were heading back towards the carrier , and attacked . |
| 28 | Approximately one hour later , they were brought back to the same room and asked to retell the story again . |
| 29 | Neighbours said they were going back to the country . |
| 30 | It did not matter that they were going back to the house of the Scarabae . |