Example sentences of "[was/were] back [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widnes were back to a full complement of players by the time Tony Thorniley scored Warrington 's second , again from an inspired Mackey pass , but the visitors were powerless to prevent the centre reaching the line from 25 yards . |
| 2 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 3 | The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority . |
| 4 | Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat . |
| 5 | They were back on the broad but darkened thoroughfare of Holborn . |
| 6 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |
| 7 | in the fifties the team won the marathon race five times … they were back on the winning trail in 88 and again in 90 … |
| 8 | They were back in a narrow country road and there were powerful lights behind them . |
| 9 | ‘ You have a lot of Asians and Caribbeans working in the foundry , but not so many in the other part , ’ Robyn observed , when they were back in the peaceful calm and comparative luxury of Wilcox 's office . |
| 10 | He , Kelley and the other Rex were back in the top-secret room . |
| 11 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
| 12 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
| 13 | They were back in the Chinese room Sara once more tried to guess whether anything was missing . |
| 14 | We were back in the sultry heat of the valley . |
| 15 | It was back to the 2nd XI after that , but the memory will tingle for a while yet . |
| 16 | He was diverted during coffee by a thumb nail sketch of that fruitless expedition , but by the time the sommelier had visited the table with Cognac a second time , he was back to the great danger of ennui in the BEF , and 2nd Grenadiers ’ seven months in France spent cultivating a defensive mentality which could well be disastrous if hostilities ever broke out . |
| 17 | It was back to the same old theme . |
| 18 | After just half an hour in the pool , it was back to the troubled waters of the Foreign Office . |
| 19 | Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness . |
| 20 | His parents welcomed him , assuming he was back for an indefinite stay and perhaps interpreting this as a change of heart . |
| 21 | After the second course he was back on a normal diet , gaining weight rapidly . |
| 22 | But , undaunted , FitzGerald was back on the right track again last Saturday sending Trainglot out to easily win the £20,000 Tote Jackpot Hurdle at Sandown Park to add to the remarkable haul so far this year . |
| 23 | That famous stain was back on the front steps . |
| 24 | After 1945 productivity growth soared to as much as 4% a year , but by the mid-1970s it was back on the historical , 2% , trendline . |
| 25 | The third race , for the Campkin Cup , was back on the open sea in light conditions . |
| 26 | The hour winged past and it seemed no time at all before I was back on the top road waiting in the gathering darkness for the Scarborough bus . |
| 27 | he was back with a second midway through the first half … and that was that … 2-0 … |
| 28 | In a moment or two he was back with a warm bulb . |
| 29 | But in an hour , with the bridge awash , Harriet was back with the second cub . |
| 30 | Growth was back at a remarkable six per cent in 1968 , inflation remained low and the budget was in healthy surplus by 1969 . |