Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] back " in BNC.
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1 | The students quickly bonded themselves into a tight knit group and they fought , argued , demanded and were encouraged to come back for more . |
2 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
3 | On 16th December 1991 , the building societies and bank bosses were called in by the Government for an emergency briefing and were told to come back in two days with solutions . |
4 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
5 | Vicente might have entrusted it to Tristram because he was being evacuated from Teruel and was expected to go back to England . |
6 | He was sentenced to two years in prison , and was ordered to pay back to the state several thousand Swiss francs which he had used illegally to arrange a place at a Swiss university for Zhivkov 's grandson [ see p. 38017 ] . |
7 | We got onto the summit crest but were forced to turn back . |
8 | Round the final bend he was still several lengths down but was beginning to claw back the deficit , and at ‘ Le Bullfinch ’ , two fences out , he was second . |
9 | The van having arrived at the weighbridge , she got out , but was instructed to get back in as she was ‘ part of the load ’ . |
10 | Philip sailed but was forced to turn back almost at once by the weather . |