Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] back in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 2 | But they were pegged back in the 41st minute when John Bumstead scored with a diving header from Scott Minto ’ s centre . |
| 3 | When my parents ' generation were marrying back in the 1920s not everyone had cars and the best man 's responsibility was to organize transport for all the guests . |
| 4 | These fields in humans were discovered back in the 1940s and 1950s . |
| 5 | Her breasts were stranded back in the fifties . |
| 6 | The dismantling of the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the creation of an archaeological park is an idea that was floated back in the days of Napoleonic occupation . |
| 7 | The sun still shed a great sparkle on the sea but the heat had gone from it and the dusk was gathering back in the valley . |
| 8 | When I was tipped back in the dentist 's chair |
| 9 | Gurder moved closer and glanced over his shoulder at Angalo , who was lying back in the control seat with a look of dreamy contentment on his face . |
| 10 | Midfielder Scott Sellars was sold to Blackburn for £35,000 and was bought back in the summer for £750,000 . |
| 11 | Eventually , Haverford was driven back in the Metro the Harrisons had left at Fosdyke 's disposal . |
| 12 | The Peke-faced cat was known back in the 1930s , but the other three were all discovered in the 1960s and were quickly established by enthusiastic local breeders , delighted to be founding new lines of pedigree cats . |
| 13 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |
| 14 | Her black hair was swept back in the careless style that only the most expensive hairdressing can give . |
| 15 | Now she was sunk back in the same state , or perilously near to it . |
| 16 | Noah was jealous because Oliver went out to burials while he was left back in the shop , so he treated him even worse than before . |
| 17 | But this was really the freedom of a lord of misrule , and generally any serious damage was undone back in the Commons . |