Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] back [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along the edge of the plain the outriders that Burun had planted were galloping back to join the main body . |
| 2 | His sleeves were rolled back to reveal golden , muscular forearms , the first two buttons of his shirt were undone so that she could see the strong , tanned column of his throat , the hollow where his pulse beat , the start of the strong , hard planes of his chest . |
| 3 | The cuffs were rolled back to reveal tanned forearms . |
| 4 | Faded blue velvet curtains , worn in places and with dust lying along the folds , were pushed back to allow the last of the light to enter the room . |
| 5 | Philip consistently offered to return his conquests in Berry on condition that Richard 's conquests in Toulouse were handed back to count Raymond . |
| 6 | Some of the officers were riding back to explain matters to their men , though since they knew little themselves their assurances were necessarily vague . |
| 7 | Also it was particularly strong in the latter years of the war , particularly in the last 18 months , when many , many first and second tour people were coming back to do a further tour , I have wept many a tear for some first class fellows that pestered me , pestered me beyond belief , writing to me every week . |
| 8 | Then we met the firemen that were coming back to meet us — the firemen of the district where I was supposed to work . |
| 9 | ‘ We found that there was a lot of problematical sickness in the non-certified days , ie a lot of people were coming back to work just before they needed a doctor 's certificate . |
| 10 | My sage remarks in Tirana were coming back to haunt me . |
| 11 | ‘ He was convinced you 'd only gone home to England to break the news to your family , then you were coming back to marry him . |
| 12 | In February 1914 the strikers were driven back to work on Murphy 's terms . |
| 13 | Elongated single-aspect plans with hall-corridors on the entrance front were introduced to ensure even greater privacy from callers and servants , private wings were stepped back to create private sheltered garden areas , and the kitchen and staple offices were skilfully deployed at right angles to the main block to create sheltered L-plan forecourts . |
| 14 | As the horses were led back to unsaddle , the broken bit dangling under Mandarin 's bowed neck , the result was announced : Mandarin , by a head . |
| 15 | There are different versions of how they got to Japan , but eventually they were accepted as useful allies and were sent back to recruit more potential fighters in Rangoon . |
| 16 | After the financial troubles of that decade , though , a more businesslike approach was taken so that reserves were kept back to cover for lean years when the weather proved to be unkind . |
| 17 | In fact , Joshua 's retirement to the safety of his estate had freed Dowd to wander until the old man 's demise , when he was drawn back to offer his services to Joshua 's son Nathaniel , only revealing his true nature once he 'd made himself indispensable , for fear he was trapped between his bounden duty and the zeal of a Christian . |
| 18 | But Mr Sherwood said the company was heading back to profit after hundreds of job losses in recent years . |
| 19 | But the company 's faltering US subsidiary , which was hauled back to profit last year , saw revenues slump 17% , resulting in £1.4m operating losses . |
| 20 | And he would tell them that when he was going back to get gon na be his next meal . |
| 21 | She was going back to get her coat changed . |
| 22 | I was scared to cross the stepping-stones and it was turning back to encourage me that caused her to slip . ’ |
| 23 | Much to his evident surprise , he was invited back to do another Hancock series , but by then the show was in its death throes and Ken no more wanted to be a part of it than Hancock wanted to have him . |
| 24 | In January 1928 he was invited back to speak at the Cambridge Union , on the motion that the Church of England ought to be disestablished . |
| 25 | All I could think about was getting back to speak to you . ’ |
| 26 | Holroyd Smith was called back to overhaul the tramway in 1894 , and he was shocked by what he found : faulty insulators were identified by flooding the conduit with salt water and watching for the smoke to rise ! |
| 27 | And then was called back to do the job again when a lorry ran into the restored ironwork . |
| 28 | ‘ Hardly had I arrived there than I was called back to entertain Princess Margaret , who was paying a visit to the studio , ’ recalls executive producer Peter . |
| 29 | ‘ Robert had just taken over the Seconds , but was called back to play in the first team . |
| 30 | One of the curtains was tied back to reveal a secret door into another small room . |