Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife . |
| 2 | In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust . |
| 3 | He was sent back to the front only twenty-one days after Lieutenant Makepeace had leapt up and shouted , ‘ Follow me . ’ |
| 4 | For a moment he was swept back into the past to those days when her temper would flare into demoniac rage . |
| 5 | Having made his eccentric gesture , John returned to his position at the bow of the boat and to the strains of a rousing strathspey he was rowed back to the shore . |
| 6 | Then he was thrown back across the table , sprawling beneath the lights like an unwilling patient . |
| 7 | 2 weeks after he was allowed back on the streets , Andrew Hagans murdered Anna McGurk . |
| 8 | As he was handed back into the Tolbooth , there was a bustle at another door — a man 's face , focusing suddenly into familiarity : James , a patch of high colour on each cheekbone , red on white , his hair more grizzled than Cameron remembered , looking ahead of him with wide eyes . |
| 9 | In 1895 he was promoted back to the second class , but two years later , at the age of forty-five , a medical board found him unfit for duty ‘ due to chronic rheumatism and cracked feet ’ . |
| 10 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 11 | He was taken back to the ward on his bed and staff nurse then checked his condition . |
| 12 | In time , he was welcomed back to the Salvation Army , who even arranged for a star bearing his name to be laid on Hollywood Boulevard alongside those of the great movie stars . |
| 13 | Noah was jealous because Oliver went out to burials while he was left back in the shop , so he treated him even worse than before . |
| 14 | He was hauled back on the edge of the area by O'Leary , a ‘ professional ’ foul for which the Arsenal central defender was booked . |
| 15 | After the year 's training , he was brought back into the company as group finance director . |
| 16 | The head 's face immediately fell , as he was brought back to the tribulations of the moment . |
| 17 | However , he assured her that the fact Putt was conscious when he was brought back to the manor meant he had probably suffered no permanent damage . |