Example sentences of "was [vb pp] back on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 2 | He was hauled back on the edge of the area by O'Leary , a ‘ professional ’ foul for which the Arsenal central defender was booked . |
| 3 | She was lying full length and was helped back on the platform and she was able to sit up and talk . ’ |
| 4 | And unknown to us drama was unfolded back on the mainland . |
| 5 | 2 weeks after he was allowed back on the streets , Andrew Hagans murdered Anna McGurk . |
| 6 | It is worth lingering over Churchill 's ‘ overlord ’ experiment , as it was put back on the agenda of reform by Sir Douglas Wass , former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury , in his 1983 Reith Lectures . |
| 7 | I was put back on the diet designed to ‘ build me up ’ . |