Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 3 | Mounted officers called ‘ rangers ’ were appointed to drive back into the forest deer which had strayed into the purlieus . |
| 4 | The two understudies were asked to come back on the Friday afternoon , when there was going to be a complete run of the play for the producers and Malcolm Harris . |
| 5 | The TUC edict was followed on 5 July by action against the Cricklewood sorters — they were laid off by the Post Office management and threatened with the withdrawal of strike pay by the Union of Post Office Workers and as a result were forced to go back to handling Grunwick mail . |
| 6 | So it was that just seven years after leaving Wales full of dreams of a lucrative new life , Dennis and Joan were forced to fly back to Glamorgan . |
| 7 | The students quickly bonded themselves into a tight knit group and they fought , argued , demanded and were encouraged to come back for more . |
| 8 | A press release on Scottish Office notepaper was dispatched to the Woodhill House HQ saying the conference had heard community care was to be postponed due to a miscalculation of infrastructure costs , which authorities were required to pay back by 31 April . |
| 9 | He had read the script of Five Easy Pieces , whose title , it did not need a genius to work out , was designed to link back to Easy Rider ( though there were no physical connections whatsoever , apart from Nicholson himself , and the thematic stance of Easy Rider . ) |
| 10 | Under George Bush , NASA was committed to go back to the moon and on to Mars , and the space station was arguably a step on that road . |
| 11 | According to estimates by the Reserve Bank of India , GDP growth was expected to fall back to 5-6 per cent during 1989-90 . |
| 12 | Vicente might have entrusted it to Tristram because he was being evacuated from Teruel and was expected to go back to England . |
| 13 | And Madge Grimsilk was seen to lean back in her chair instead of sitting upright and swallow a surprisingly large quantity of Willi 's excellent wine . |
| 14 | The limitations to this structure were already clear by the 1960s , and an attempt was made to shift back towards lighter industries and consumer goods . |
| 15 | The van having arrived at the weighbridge , she got out , but was instructed to get back in as she was ‘ part of the load ’ . |
| 16 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 17 | But when I enquired about the location of the Waaf Site , I was told to climb back on the wagon . |
| 18 | WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR No 14 ( SLR 85 ) was scheduled to return back in passenger service for the annual steam Gala last weekend , after a five year major overhaul . |
| 19 | The forward contract would mature at the time when it was proposed to change back into sterling from lire . |
| 20 | A female was believed to come back after a night 's hunt and give her milk to whichever baby grabbed her teat first . |
| 21 | Barry , assistant manager at Perry 's brasserie in Beaumont Street , was forced to drive back to the bar in his own car and ordered to open the safe . |
| 22 | In 1682 , he was forced to go back to Ireland and to stay there for 3 years . |
| 23 | Afterwards she was forced to walk back to her own barracks on a freezing winter night , naked but for an anorak round her shoulders . |
| 24 | He hissed her hand , delicately , a mere whisper of the lips , stood back , looked intently at her until she was forced to smile back at him , and pressing her left hand in his unclawed fingers , swept his blemished hand across the landscape beyond them : Bassenthwaite Lake , the valley , Keswick , Derwent Water , Catbells , Newlands , an Arcadia which his gesture seemed to offer her as his gift . |
| 25 | ‘ They made the usual checks then , because I was allowed to go back at any time if there was a problem , they let me go home . |
| 26 | It was only last summer that she was allowed to get back in the swing . |
| 27 | The Fire was started to get back at a prisoner who had refused to take part in a food boycott . |
| 28 | Christina was tempted to snap back at him in Elaine 's defence , but bit her tongue . |
| 29 | The Palace was determined to hit back in a growing battle with the national Press , TV and radio . |
| 30 | I knew he was trying to cheer me up but I was determined to go back to my knitting lessons when the vultures had gone . |