Example sentences of "[prep] [be] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 2 | Crowther , 59 , hopes to be back for the new series next year , but wo n't be well enough for the show on January 2 . |
| 3 | He hopes to be back for the play offs . |
| 4 | I hope to be back for the first leg with Manchester United . |
| 5 | Although he enjoyed ARP work my husband was really fretting to be back with the Navy . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've got three hours to be back with the money . ’ |
| 7 | They had hoped to be back at the beginning of next season but it now looks unlikely to be until half-way through it . |
| 8 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 9 | What a feeling of power to be back at the wheel again ! |
| 10 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 11 | Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’ |
| 12 | However , right now USL is believed to be back on the road to going public . |
| 13 | Martin Bell is pleased to be back on the circuit , despite disappointing results early on after his knee operation |
| 14 | ‘ Everyone thought I was marvellous to be back on the catwalk seven weeks after Amber was born . |
| 15 | She was thrilled to be back on the trail again . |
| 16 | Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages . |
| 17 | They do n't expect the train to be back on the tracks until the turn of the century . |
| 18 | Now he 's hoping to be back on the golf course soon and singing again by the end of the year . |
| 19 | By then they need to be back on the winning trail which hopefully will start on Saturday against Moseley . |
| 20 | We seem to be back to the ‘ deprived ’ versus ‘ depraved ’ distinctions which the 1969 Act sought to end . |
| 21 | Would you not agree that he appears to be back to the form of two years ago ? ’ |
| 22 | And so we seem to be back to the idea that pragmatics concerns whatever aspects of meaning are not included in semantics . |
| 23 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 24 | I hope to be back before the end of the week . ’ |
| 25 | Darling , I am sorry , I really expect to be back inside the week , and I would n't go if anyone else could . |
| 26 | By this time he 'd let Josie 's body down and was checking through her pockets , which was a no-hope situation if ever there was one — women almost always carried their stuff around in handbags , and hers had to be back inside the building somewhere . |
| 27 | Simon Wright did n't expect to be back from the High Court for at least another week . |
| 28 | We stepped off the plane into warm balmy air , happy to be back amongst the many English and Maltese friends we have made here . |
| 29 | PFS expects to be back in the black for the full year . |
| 30 | Only poor Webb , still in plaster but determined to be back in the side in time for Italy , can feel discouraged by the way he brought it off . |