Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] back [coord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this warm , sunny evening the sliding doors were pushed back and the scent of broom drifted in , along with the cooling freshness of a sprinkler turning merrily in the centre of the geranium-filled garden . |
| 2 | A Home Office pathologist was called and pupils at the school were turned back and the school closed after a caretaker found the body beside tennis courts at breakfast time . |
| 3 | And every night , before Swan arrived , he saw to it that the curtains were drawn back and the window was open wide so that the great white bird could come gliding right into the room and land on the floor beside his bed . |
| 4 | Both the top and bottom doors were flung back and the great war horse had apparently galloped away pursued by grooms . |
| 5 | Inside and on the dance floor , Pete and Diane suddenly found that people were drifting back and the music was getting loud again . |
| 6 | Several people were wounded , before the Albanians were forced back and the gates barred . |
| 7 | Two were sent back and the third was sentenced to four years in jail in Sweden . |
| 8 | As soon as The Lizard was rounded , more than an hour later , power was eased back and the two continued towards Falmouth . |
| 9 | The victim 's head was thrust back and the fool 's cap fell off . |
| 10 | His hood was tugged back and the axe struck again . |
| 11 | The blanket was thrown back and the sheet was swamped in blood , thick and red like liver . |
| 12 | The hood was thrown back and the cloak slid away from the old man 's body . |